Part of a Nationwide Effort to Encourage Voting
Community members from across the Range gathered in Cook and Hibbing Saturday to take part in No Kings rallies both as a protest to the current Trump administration and to encourage people to get out and vote in this year’s midterm election.
The No Kings movement was formed to address concerns over executive overreach, administration policies, immigration enforcement, federal layoffs, and foreign military actions. The name “No Kings” was coined by the decentralized anti-fascist network 50501, riffing on the premise that American democracy rejects absolute executive rule.
The first major No Kings protests held June 14, 2025, drew an estimated 4 to 6 million people across 2,100 sites, with a follow-up protest on October 18, 2025, which drew roughly 7 million people across 2,700 locations.
A rally on March 28, 2026, is widely regarded as the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. It drew an estimated 8 to 9 million participants across more than 3,300 sites nationwide.
Saturday’s national rally shifted its focus, transitioning the movement’s street-protest energy into electoral action ahead of November’s midterm elections, focusing heavily on get-out-the-vote campaigns. Instead of anti-administration marches, Saturday’s events functioned as early voting kickoffs, rallies, and get-out-the-vote efforts. The rallies in Cook and Hibbing joined rallies across the state, including in Grand Rapids, Ely, Duluth, Bemidji, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, along with dozens of events in smaller towns.
The Midterm election is November 3, and early voting is already underway in Minnesota.
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