Minnesota Senate election, 2016

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Minnesota Senate election, 2016
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Tom Bakk David Hann
Party DFL Republican
Leader since November 4, 2010 November 9, 2012
Leader's seat 3rd–Cook 48th–Eden Prairie
Last election 39 seats, 55.83% 28 seats, 43.49%
Incumbent Majority Leader

Tom Bakk
DFL


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The 2016 Minnesota Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2016, to elect members to the Senate of the 90th and 91st Minnesota Legislatures. If necessary, a primary election will be held in one or more districts on August 9, 2016. The election coincides with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the House of Representatives.

Background

The last election resulted in the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) winning a majority of seats, after losing a majority to the Republican Party of Minnesota only two years earlier in the previous election. This resulted in the Republicans losing the only majority they have had since the return of partisan elections to the Senate in 1976. In concurrence with the result of the House election, it also resulted in the return of all-DFL control of the Legislature since 2010 as well as the return of all-party and all-DFL control of the Legislature and governorship since 1990, which ended with the election of a Republican majority to the House in 2014.

Electoral system

The 67 members of the Senate will be elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for four-year terms. Contested nominations of the DFL and Republican parties for each district will be determined by an open primary election. All other candidates are nominated by petition—except for write-in candidates, who must file a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted.

Retiring members

DFL

Republican

Candidates

District Incumbent Candidates
Name Party First elected Name Party
1 LeRoy Stumpf‡ DFL 1982 Edwin Dale Hahn[13] Republican
Mark Johnson[14] Republican
Jual Carlson[13] DFL
Kip Fontaine[15] DFL
2 Rod Skoe DFL 2002 Paul Utke[16] Republican
Rod Skoe[17] DFL
3 Tom Bakk DFL 2002 Jennifer Havlick[13] Republican
Tom Bakk[18] DFL
4 Kent Eken DFL 2012 James Leiman[19] Republican
Kent Eken[13] DFL
5 Tom Saxhaug DFL 2002 Justin Eichorn[13] Republican
Pedie Pederson[13] Republican
Tom Saxhaug[20] DFL
6 David Tomassoni DFL 2000 Skeeter Tomczak[13] Republican
David Tomassoni[21] DFL
7 Roger Reinert‡ DFL 2010 Donna Bergstrom[22] Republican
Erik Simonson[23] DFL
8 Bill Ingebrigtsen Republican 2006 Bill Ingebrigtsen[24] Republican
Shawn Olson[25] DFL
9 Paul Gazelka Republican 2010 Paul Gazelka[26] Republican
Jason Weinerman[27] DFL
10 Carrie Ruud Republican 2002, 2012† Carrie Ruud[28] Republican
Tiffany Stenglein[29] DFL
11 Tony Lourey DFL 2006 Michael Cummins[13] Republican
Tony Lourey[13] DFL
12 Torrey Westrom Republican 2012 Torrey Westrom[30] Republican
Russ Hinrichs[31] DFL
13 Michelle Fischbach Republican 1996* Michelle Fischbach[13] Republican
Michael Willemsen[32] DFL
14 John Pederson‡ Republican 2010 Jerry Relph[33] Republican
Dan Wolgamott[33] DFL
15 Dave Brown‡ Republican 2010 Andrew Mathews[34] Republican
Dan Whitcomb[35] Republican
Chilah Brown[36] DFL
Rob Passons[13] DFL
16 Gary Dahms Republican 2010 Gary Dahms[37] Republican
James Kanne[38] DFL
17 Lyle Koenen DFL 2012* Andrew Lang[39] Republican
Lyle Koenen[40] DFL
18 Scott Newman Republican 2010 Scott Newman[41] Republican
Amy Wilde[42] DFL
19 Kathy Sheran‡ DFL 2006 Willa Dailey[43] Republican
Nick Frentz[44] DFL
Shane Wernsing[13] Libertarian
20 Kevin Dahle DFL 2008*, 2012† Rich Draheim[45] Republican
Kevin Dahle[46] DFL
21 Matt Schmit DFL 2012 Mike Goggin[47] Republican
22 Bill Weber Republican 2012 Bill Weber[48] Republican
Brian Abrahamson[13] DFL
23 Julie Rosen Republican 2002 Julie Rosen[38] Republican
Barbara Ann Lake[13] DFL
John Lillis[13] DFL
24 Vicki Jensen DFL 2012 John Jasinski[49] Republican
Rich Bailey[13] DFL
Vicki Jensen[50] DFL
25 Dave Senjem Republican 2002 Dave Senjem[13] Republican
Dale Amorosia[51] DFL
26 Carla Nelson Republican 2010 Carla Nelson[52] Republican
Rich Wright[52] DFL
27 Dan Sparks DFL 2002 Gene Dornink[13] Republican
Cynthia Gail[13] Republican
Dan Sparks[53] DFL
28 Jeremy Miller Republican 2010 Jeremy Miller[13] Republican
Adam Pace[13] Republican
Jon Pieper[54] DFL
29 Bruce Anderson Republican 2012 Bruce Anderson[55] Republican
Janice Holter Kittok[13] DFL
30 Mary Kiffmeyer Republican 2012 Mary Kiffmeyer[56] Republican
P.J. LaCroix[13] DFL
31 Michelle Benson Republican 2010 Michelle Benson[57] Republican
Ricky Englund[57] DFL
32 Sean Nienow Republican 2002, 2010† Mark Koran[58] Republican
Sean Nienow[58] Republican
Tim Nelson[59] DFL
33 David Osmek Republican 2012 David Osmek[60] Republican
Sherrie Pugh[13] DFL
Jay Nygard[60] Libertarian
34 Warren Limmer Republican 1995* Warren Limmer[13] Republican
Bonnie Westlin[13] DFL
35 Jim Abeler Republican 2016* Jim Abeler[13] Republican
Roger Johnson[61] DFL
36 John Hoffman DFL 2012 Jeff Lunde[62] Republican
John Hoffman[63] DFL
37 Alice Johnson‡ DFL 2012 Brad Sanford[64] Republican
Jerry Newton[65] DFL
38 Roger Chamberlain Republican 2010 Roger Chamberlain[13] Republican
Pat Davern[66] DFL
39 Karin Housley Republican 2012 Karin Housley[67] Republican
Sten Hakanson[67] DFL
40 Chris Eaton DFL 2011* Robert Marvin[13] Republican
Chris Eaton[13] DFL
41 Barb Goodwin‡ DFL 2010 Gary Johnson[13] Republican
Carolyn Laine[1] DFL
42 Bev Scalze‡ DFL 2012 Candy Sina[68] Republican
Jason Isaacson[69] DFL
43 Chuck Wiger DFL 1996 Bob Zick[13] Republican
Chuck Wiger[70] DFL
Chris Belflower[70] Independence
44 Terri Bonoff DFL 2005* Paul Anderson[71] Republican
Deb Calvert[72] DFL
45 Ann Rest DFL 2000 Roxana Bruins[13] Republican
Ann Rest[13] DFL
46 Ron Latz DFL 2006 Ron Latz[13] DFL
47 Julianne Ortman‡ Republican 2002 Scott Jensen[73] Republican
Darryl Scarborough[46] DFL
48 David Hann Republican 2002 David Hann[74] Republican
Steve Cwodzinski[75] DFL
49 Melisa Franzen DFL 2012 Mike Lehmann[13] Republican
Melisa Franzen[13] DFL
50 Melissa Halvorson Wiklund DFL 2012 Kirsten Johnson[13] Republican
Melissa Halvorson Wiklund[13] DFL
51 Jim Carlson DFL 2006, 2012† Victor Lake[76] Republican
Jim Carlson[77] DFL
52 Jim Metzen‡ DFL 1986 Mark Misukanis[78] Republican
Matt Klein[79] DFL
Todd Podgorski[80] DFL
53 Susan Kent DFL 2012 Bill Dahn[13] Republican
Sharna Wahlgren[13] Republican
Susan Kent[81] DFL
54 Katie Sieben‡ DFL 2006 Leilani Holmstadt[82] Republican
Dan Schoen[83] DFL
55 Eric Pratt Republican 2012 Eric Pratt[84] Republican
Ali Ali[13] DFL
56 Dan Hall Republican 2010 Dan Hall[85] Republican
Phil Sterner[86] DFL
57 Greg Clausen DFL 2012 Cory Campbell[87] Republican
Greg Clausen[88] DFL
58 Dave Thompson‡ Republican 2010 Tim Pitcher[89] Republican
Matt Little[90] DFL
59 Bobby Joe Champion DFL 2012 Jennifer Carnahan[13] Republican
Bobby Joe Champion[91] DFL
Patwin Lawrence[13] DFL
60 Kari Dziedzic DFL 2012* Kari Dziedzic[92] DFL
61 Scott Dibble DFL 2002 Bob Carney[13] Republican
Scott Dibble[13] DFL
62 Jeff Hayden DFL 2011* Bruce Lundeen[13] Republican
Mohamoud Hassan[93] DFL
Jeff Hayden[13] DFL
63 Patricia Torres Ray DFL 2006 Ron Moey[13] Republican
Patricia Torres Ray[13] DFL
64 Dick Cohen DFL 1986 Sharon Anderson[13] Republican
Ian Baird[13] Republican
Dick Cohen[13] DFL
65 Sandy Pappas DFL 1990 Jason Delmont[13] Republican
Sandy Pappas[13] DFL
66 John Marty DFL 1986 Carolyn Jass[13] Republican
John Marty[13] DFL
67 Foung Hawj DFL 2012 Krysia Weidell[13] Republican
Foung Hawj[94] DFL
*Elected in a special election.[95]
†Elected to non-consecutive terms.[96]
‡Retiring; not seeking re-election.

Opinion polling

Polling firm Polling period Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 DFL Republican Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 30 – August 2, 2015 1,015 RV ±3.1 pp 46% 40% 15%

See also

References

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