Otter Tail County Republican CD-7 Convention Scheduled in Perham Feb. 28

Otter Tail County Republicans will gather in Perham on Feb. 28 for the Seventh Congressional District (CD-7) county convention, an organizational and delegate selection event for local GOP activists, precinct delegates and party members. The county convention listing identifies the event as part of Minnesota’s precinct caucus and party organizational process.

That county convention follows precinct caucuses held across the county on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7:00 p.m. The Perham Focus calendar notes that there are 91 precincts in Otter Tail County and that Feb. 5 served as a local "Super Tuesday" for the three recognized major political parties. The calendar also states, "There will be seven different caucus locations for the Republican and Democrat parties."

Other party scheduling printed in the Perham Focus block lists party‑specific sites and dates: all Independence Party precincts convened at MNSCU in Fergus Falls; the Constitution Party held caucuses on Feb. 2 in Moorhead and Bertha; and the Green Party will hold caucuses on March 4 with sites to be announced later.

Local Republican organizational contacts printed with the event listing include Otter Tail County Chair Manley Nichols at 26350 Cty Hwy 61, Henning 56551, phone 218-583-2124, and Otter Tail County Deputy Chair Betty Staebler at 40668 430 Ave, Perham 56573, phone 218-346-2111. CD7 Vice Chair Chris Balken is listed in Rothsay 56579 with phone 218-867-2168. The Republican state party contact block lists 525 Park St #250, St Paul 55103 and phone 877-467-6466.

The Perham Focus calendar block that carried the CD-7 calendar also included a broader list of county conventions and meetings under the header "GOP Events in CD7" and the tagline "Serving Western Minnesota." Entries printed in that CD7 calendar include Traverse County Convention, Yellow Medicine County Convention, Polk County Convention, Pennington County Convention, Murray County Convention, Lac qui Parle County Convention, Lincoln County Convention, Stevens County BPOU Meeting, Marshall County Convention, Otter Tail County Convention and Stearns (SD13) County Convention, among others, and multiple listings for "CD7 Executive Committee Meeting."

The calendar block included advertising labels "ADVERTISEMENT" and "Sponsored By" and printed a brief comment attributed to Frazier: "The way I see it we're affected by many different rules and regulations; the rules are an outcome of the political process. Here a person could have an effect on the outcome." The Feb. 28 county convention listing did not provide a start time or a specific Perham venue address; those logistical details were not printed in the event block. The Perham Focus calendar remains the local notice for county and CD-7 events as organizers finalize venue and timing for Feb. 28.