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Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a "Get Out The Vote" event at Miles College on February 27, 2016, in Fairfield, Alabama. | Getty Clinton wins Star-Tribune endorsement ahead of Super Tuesday

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got some good Super Tuesday news on Saturday night: an endorsement by the Minnesota Star-Tribune.

The endorsement came on Saturday, when Clinton decisively beat Sen. Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina Democratic primary, and just a few days before the Minnesota caucuses on Tuesday.

"We believe Clinton is the clear choice over Sanders for heart and head alike. A force on the national landscape for more than 30 years, Clinton has distinguished herself in foreign and domestic policy in ways that make her well-suited to represent the party in November," the Star-Tribune editorial said.

The endorsement is a blow to Sanders, as Minnesota is a priority target of the roughly dozen contests on Super Tuesday. The editorial said Sanders' vow to bring a political revolution has not been backed up by specifics on how he would do that.

"The burden on the self-proclaimed democratic socialist to demonstrate how he would accomplish his objectives without throwing the American economy into chaos is, and should be, high. What are the long-term implications of taxing Wall Street to provide tuition-free college? Of a progressive estate tax on the richest of the rich?" the editorial said.