The 2016 Minnesota Senate election was 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 . A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2016. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature , the House of Representatives .
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election , after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election . The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2017.
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 conjunction 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.
The 67 members of the Senate were 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 were determined by an open primary election . Minor party and independent candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state 's office for votes for them to have been counted.
Terri Bonoff , 44th[ 1]
Barb Goodwin , 41st[ 2]
Alice Johnson , 37th[ 3]
Jim Metzen , 52nd[ 4]
Died of lung cancer on July 11, 2016.[ 5]
Roger Reinert , 7th[ 6]
Bev Scalze , 42nd[ 7]
Kathy Sheran , 19th[ 8]
Katie Sieben , 54th[ 9]
LeRoy Stumpf , 1st[ 10]
Competitive districts [ edit ]
According to MinnPost , the Star Tribune , the Pioneer Press , and MPR News , a total of 19 districts were competitive. MinnPost considered 12 districts to be competitive—10 of which were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans,[ 15] the Star Tribune 19—13 of which were held by the DFL and six by the Republicans,[ 16] the Pioneer Press six—five of which were held by the DFL and one by the Republicans,[ 17] and MPR News nine—seven of which were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans.[ 18]
*Elected in a special election. [ 19]
†Elected to non-consecutive terms. [ 20]
‡Retired; did not seek re-election.
§Lost primary election for party's nomination.
Primary elections results [ edit ]
District
Party
Candidates
Votes
%
1
Republican
Mark Johnson [ 21]
2,561
83.99
Edwin Dale Hahn[ 22]
488
16.01
DFL
Kip Fontaine [ 23]
2,369
77.47
Jual Carlson[ 22]
689
22.53
5
Republican
Justin Eichorn [ 24]
1,485
73.26
Pedie Pederson[ 25]
542
26.74
DFL
Tom Saxhaug
2,140
100.00
15
Republican
Andrew Mathews [ 26]
1,938
63.92
Dan Whitcomb[ 27]
1,094
36.08
DFL
Chilah Brown [ 28]
657
58.71
Rob Passons[ 29]
462
41.29
23
Republican
Julie Rosen
2,706
100.00
DFL
Barbara Lake [ 30]
967
67.96
John Lillis[ 30]
456
32.04
24
Republican
John Jasinski
983
100.00
DFL
Vicki Jensen [ 31]
1,430
89.77
Rich Bailey[ 32]
163
10.23
27
Republican
Gene Dornink [ 33]
948
69.15
Cynthia Gail[ 34]
423
30.85
DFL
Dan Sparks
1,379
100.00
32
Republican
Mark Koran [ 35]
1,709
63.39
Sean Nienow [ 35]
987
36.61
DFL
Tim Nelson
964
100.00
52
Republican
Mark Misukanis
2,482
100.00
DFL
Matt Klein [ 36]
3,678
69.21
Todd Podgorski[ 37]
1,636
30.79
53
Republican
Sharna Wahlgren [ 38]
745
65.81
Bill Dahn[ 38]
387
34.19
DFL
Susan Kent
2,290
100.00
59
Republican
Jennifer Carnahan
293
100.00
DFL
Bobby Joe Champion [ 39]
4,020
81.99
Patwin Lawrence[ 40]
883
18.01
62
Republican
Bruce Lundeen
165
100.00
DFL
Jeff Hayden [ 40]
3,711
72.85
Mohamoud Hassan[ 41]
1,383
27.15
64
Republican
Ian Baird [ 42]
461
64.48
Sharon Anderson[ 42]
254
35.52
DFL
Dick Cohen
8,213
100.00
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [ 43]
Polling firm
Polling period
Sample size
Margin of error
DFL
Republican
Undecided
Public Policy Polling [ 44]
July 30 – August 2, 2015
1,015 RV
±3.1 pp
46%
40%
15%
Districts won
Summary of the November 8, 2016, Minnesota Senate election results
Party
Candidates
Votes
Seats
No.
%
∆pp
No.
∆No.
%
Republican Party of Minnesota
65
1,377,128
48.96
5.47
34
6
50.75
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
67
1,409,775
50.12
5.71
33
6
49.25
Legal Marijuana Now Party
1
8,861
0.32
0.32
0
0.00
Libertarian Party of Minnesota
3
7,899
0.28
0.28
0
0.00
Independence Party of Minnesota
1
3,197
0.11
0.11
0
0.00
Write-in
N/A
5,964
0.21
0.05
0
0.00
Total
2,812,824
100.00
±0.00
67
±0
100.00
Invalid/blank votes
155,457
5.24
1.77
Turnout (out of 3,972,330 eligible voters)[ 45]
2,968,281
74.72
1.70
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State ,[ 46] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[ 47]
District
Incumbent
Candidates
Name
Party
First elected
Name
Party
Votes
%
Winner Party
1
LeRoy Stumpf ‡
DFL
1982
Mark Johnson [ 48]
Republican
23,108
61.41
Republican
Kip Fontaine[ 48]
DFL
14,501
38.54
2
Rod Skoe
DFL
2002
Paul Utke [ 49]
Republican
22,232
56.60
Republican
Rod Skoe [ 50]
DFL
17,002
43.29
3
Tom Bakk
DFL
2002
Tom Bakk [ 51]
DFL
26,977
61.36
DFL
Jennifer Havlick[ 52]
Republican
16,923
38.49
4
Kent Eken
DFL
2012
Kent Eken [ 53]
DFL
21,420
55.13
DFL
James Leiman[ 54]
Republican
17,382
44.74
5
Tom Saxhaug
DFL
2002
Justin Eichorn [ 55]
Republican
20,240
50.59
Republican
Tom Saxhaug [ 56]
DFL
19,687
49.21
6
David Tomassoni
DFL
2000
David Tomassoni [ 57]
DFL
26,260
62.69
DFL
Skeeter Tomczak[ 57]
Republican
15,555
37.13
7
Roger Reinert ‡
DFL
2010
Erik Simonson [ 58]
DFL
27,677
65.50
DFL
Donna Bergstrom[ 59]
Republican
14,470
34.25
8
Bill Ingebrigtsen
Republican
2006
Bill Ingebrigtsen [ 60]
Republican
29,302
66.26
Republican
Shawn Olson[ 61]
DFL
14,892
33.67
9
Paul Gazelka
Republican
2010
Paul Gazelka [ 62]
Republican
27,749
71.19
Republican
Jason Weinerman[ 63]
DFL
11,191
28.71
10
Carrie Ruud
Republican
2002 , 2012 †
Carrie Ruud [ 64]
Republican
27,923
64.31
Republican
Tiffany Stenglein[ 65]
DFL
15,440
35.56
11
Tony Lourey
DFL
2006
Tony Lourey [ 66]
DFL
20,519
54.50
DFL
Michael Cummins[ 66]
Republican
17,079
45.36
12
Torrey Westrom
Republican
2012
Torrey Westrom [ 67]
Republican
28,254
67.60
Republican
Russ Hinrichs[ 68]
DFL
13,515
32.34
13
Michelle Fischbach
Republican
1996*
Michelle Fischbach [ 69]
Republican
29,235
68.60
Republican
Michael Willemsen[ 70]
DFL
13,338
31.30
14
John Pederson ‡
Republican
2010
Jerry Relph [ 71]
Republican
17,519
47.40
Republican
Dan Wolgamott[ 72]
DFL
17,378
47.02
Steven Zilberg[ 72]
Libertarian
2,021
5.47
15
Dave Brown ‡
Republican
2010
Andrew Mathews [ 73]
Republican
28,373
70.70
Republican
Chilah Brown[ 73]
DFL
11,672
29.08
16
Gary Dahms
Republican
2010
Gary Dahms [ 74]
Republican
26,086
67.29
Republican
James Kanne[ 75]
DFL
12,651
32.63
17
Lyle Koenen
DFL
2012*
Andrew Lang [ 76]
Republican
22,421
57.25
Republican
Lyle Koenen [ 77]
DFL
16,713
42.67
18
Scott Newman
Republican
2010
Scott Newman [ 78]
Republican
26,341
66.64
Republican
Amy Wilde[ 79]
DFL
13,148
33.26
19
Kathy Sheran ‡
DFL
2006
Nick Frentz [ 80]
DFL
22,875
56.11
DFL
Willa Dailey[ 81]
Republican
15,057
36.93
Shane Wernsing[ 82]
Libertarian
2,798
6.86
20
Kevin Dahle
DFL
2008*, 2012 †
Rich Draheim [ 83]
Republican
22,274
51.91
Republican
Kevin Dahle [ 84]
DFL
20,577
47.95
21
Matt Schmit
DFL
2012
Mike Goggin [ 85]
Republican
22,901
54.24
Republican
Matt Schmit [ 86]
DFL
19,282
45.67
22
Bill Weber
Republican
2012
Bill Weber [ 87]
Republican
25,769
70.20
Republican
Brian Abrahamson[ 88]
DFL
10,910
29.72
23
Julie Rosen
Republican
2002
Julie Rosen [ 89]
Republican
28,063
70.81
Republican
Barbara Lake[ 90]
DFL
11,529
29.09
24
Vicki Jensen
DFL
2012
John Jasinski [ 91]
Republican
21,885
58.52
Republican
Vicki Jensen [ 90]
DFL
15,463
41.35
25
Dave Senjem
Republican
2002
Dave Senjem [ 92]
Republican
26,839
63.24
Republican
Dale Amorosia[ 93]
DFL
15,555
36.65
26
Carla Nelson
Republican
2010
Carla Nelson [ 94]
Republican
23,325
55.96
Republican
Rich Wright[ 94]
DFL
18,317
43.95
27
Dan Sparks
DFL
2002
Dan Sparks [ 95]
DFL
20,540
54.76
DFL
Gene Dornink[ 96]
Republican
16,944
45.17
28
Jeremy Miller
Republican
2010
Jeremy Miller [ 86]
Republican
25,217
62.97
Republican
Jon Pieper[ 97]
DFL
14,793
36.94
29
Bruce Anderson
Republican
2012
Bruce Anderson [ 98]
Republican
27,249
66.00
Republican
Janice Holter Kittok[ 69]
DFL
13,992
33.89
30
Mary Kiffmeyer
Republican
2012
Mary Kiffmeyer [ 99]
Republican
30,483
71.71
Republican
P.J. LaCroix[ 100]
DFL
11,979
28.18
31
Michelle Benson
Republican
2010
Michelle Benson [ 101]
Republican
29,650
67.96
Republican
Ricky Englund[ 101]
DFL
13,919
31.91
32
Sean Nienow §
Republican
2002 , 2010 †
Mark Koran [ 102]
Republican
23,992
56.53
Republican
Tim Nelson[ 103]
DFL
18,388
43.33
33
David Osmek
Republican
2012
David Osmek [ 104]
Republican
30,175
59.59
Republican
Sherrie Pugh[ 105]
DFL
17,335
34.24
Jay Nygard[ 104]
Libertarian
3,080
6.08
34
Warren Limmer
Republican
1995*
Warren Limmer [ 42]
Republican
29,229
60.18
Republican
Bonnie Westlin[ 106]
DFL
19,263
39.66
35
Jim Abeler
Republican
2016 *
Jim Abeler [ 107]
Republican
29,655
67.47
Republican
Roger Johnson[ 108]
DFL
14,216
32.35
36
John Hoffman
DFL
2012
John Hoffman [ 109]
DFL
21,793
51.00
DFL
Jeff Lunde[ 110]
Republican
20,840
48.77
37
Alice Johnson ‡
DFL
2012
Jerry Newton [ 111]
DFL
22,129
51.41
DFL
Brad Sanford[ 112]
Republican
20,838
48.41
38
Roger Chamberlain
Republican
2010
Roger Chamberlain [ 113]
Republican
27,109
58.61
Republican
Pat Davern[ 114]
DFL
19,094
41.28
39
Karin Housley
Republican
2012
Karin Housley [ 115]
Republican
28,960
61.29
Republican
Sten Hakanson[ 116]
DFL
18,237
38.60
40
Chris Eaton
DFL
2011*
Chris Eaton [ 117]
DFL
21,152
67.84
DFL
Robert Marvin[ 117]
Republican
9,905
31.77
41
Barb Goodwin ‡
DFL
2010
Carolyn Laine [ 2]
DFL
25,096
61.04
DFL
Gary Johnson[ 113]
Republican
15,939
38.77
42
Bev Scalze ‡
DFL
2012
Jason Isaacson [ 118]
DFL
24,962
54.21
DFL
Candy Sina[ 119]
Republican
21,008
45.62
43
Chuck Wiger
DFL
1996
Chuck Wiger [ 120]
DFL
24,347
56.95
DFL
Bob Zick[ 121]
Republican
15,149
35.43
Chris Belflower[ 120]
Independence
3,197
7.48
44
Terri Bonoff ‡
DFL
2005*
Paul Anderson [ 122]
Republican
25,309
50.13
Republican
Deb Calvert[ 123]
DFL
25,114
49.74
45
Ann Rest
DFL
2000
Ann Rest [ 124]
DFL
27,509
63.66
DFL
Roxana Bruins[ 124]
Republican
15,588
36.07
46
Ron Latz
DFL
2006
Ron Latz [ 125]
DFL
35,465
96.58
DFL
47
Julianne Ortman ‡
Republican
2002
Scott Jensen [ 126]
Republican
30,920
67.29
Republican
Darryl Scarborough[ 127]
DFL
14,981
32.60
48
David Hann
Republican
2002
Steve Cwodzinski [ 128]
DFL
24,303
51.10
DFL
David Hann [ 128]
Republican
23,205
48.79
49
Melisa Franzen
DFL
2012
Melisa Franzen [ 129]
DFL
28,273
54.47
DFL
Mike Lehmann[ 129]
Republican
23,557
45.39
50
Melissa Halvorson Wiklund
DFL
2012
Melissa Halvorson Wiklund [ 130]
DFL
24,921
59.53
DFL
Kirsten Johnson[ 130]
Republican
16,805
40.14
51
Jim Carlson
DFL
2006 , 2012 †
Jim Carlson [ 131]
DFL
24,358
54.04
DFL
Victor Lake[ 132]
Republican
20,662
45.84
52
Jim Metzen [ nb 1]
DFL
1986
Matt Klein [ 133]
DFL
25,448
57.84
DFL
Mark Misukanis[ 134]
Republican
18,485
42.01
53
Susan Kent
DFL
2012
Susan Kent [ 135]
DFL
23,035
50.38
DFL
Sharna Wahlgren[ 136]
Republican
22,636
49.51
54
Katie Sieben ‡
DFL
2006
Dan Schoen [ 137]
DFL
22,162
53.13
DFL
Leilani Holmstadt[ 138]
Republican
19,480
46.70
55
Eric Pratt
Republican
2012
Eric Pratt [ 139]
Republican
29,132
68.53
Republican
Ali Ali[ 140]
DFL
13,282
31.24
56
Dan Hall
Republican
2010
Dan Hall [ 141]
Republican
23,602
55.07
Republican
Phil Sterner [ 142]
DFL
19,178
44.75
57
Greg Clausen
DFL
2012
Greg Clausen [ 143]
DFL
24,519
53.06
DFL
Cory Campbell[ 144]
Republican
21,633
46.81
58
Dave Thompson ‡
Republican
2010
Matt Little [ 145]
DFL
22,833
50.38
DFL
Tim Pitcher[ 146]
Republican
22,446
49.53
59
Bobby Joe Champion
DFL
2012
Bobby Joe Champion [ 147]
DFL
27,541
77.56
DFL
Jennifer Carnahan[ 148]
Republican
7,814
22.01
60
Kari Dziedzic
DFL
2012*
Kari Dziedzic [ 149]
DFL
31,542
77.53
DFL
Martin Super[ 42]
Legal Marijuana Now
8,861
21.78
61
Scott Dibble
DFL
2002
Scott Dibble [ 42]
DFL
43,045
81.07
DFL
Bob Carney[ 42]
Republican
9,924
18.69
62
Jeff Hayden
DFL
2011*
Jeff Hayden [ 147]
DFL
29,564
87.84
DFL
Bruce Lundeen[ 42]
Republican
3,897
11.58
63
Patricia Torres Ray
DFL
2006
Patricia Torres Ray [ 150]
DFL
38,470
80.70
DFL
Ron Moey[ 150]
Republican
9,068
19.02
64
Dick Cohen
DFL
1986
Dick Cohen [ 42]
DFL
36,757
76.67
DFL
Ian Baird[ 42]
Republican
11,078
23.11
65
Sandy Pappas
DFL
1990
Sandy Pappas [ 42]
DFL
27,743
80.70
DFL
Jason Delmont[ 42]
Republican
6,479
18.85
66
John Marty
DFL
1986
John Marty [ 151]
DFL
28,312
74.34
DFL
Carolyn Jass[ 151]
Republican
9,670
25.39
67
Foung Hawj
DFL
2012
Foung Hawj [ 152]
DFL
21,696
75.11
DFL
Krysia Weidell[ 153]
Republican
7,091
24.55
*Elected in a special election. [ 19]
†Elected to non-consecutive terms. [ 20]
‡Retired; did not seek re-election.
§Lost primary election for party's nomination.
Withdrawn candidates
The following sought election but later withdrew.
District
Candidates
Party
1
Jual Carlson[ 154]
Republican
Sue Grafstrom[ 154]
Republican
Alan Jensen[ 154]
Republican
Roger Schmitz[ 154]
Republican
Gary Willhite[ 154]
Republican
7
Sharla Gardner[ 155]
DFL
14
Jeff Johnson[ 156]
Republican
15
Brad Schumaker[ 157]
Republican
19
Mark Friedman[ 158]
DFL
20
Mark Bartusek[ 159]
Republican
Bruce Morlan[ 159]
Republican
Danny Petricka[ 159]
Republican
24
Janet Moline[ 160]
Republican
26
Elliot Culp[ 161]
DFL
41
Connie Bernardy [ 162]
DFL
44
Cole Mathisen[ 163]
Republican
Kelli Slavik[ 164]
Republican
Sharon Sund[ 165]
DFL
47
Jake Coleman[ 166]
Republican
48
Joan Howe-Pullis[ 167]
DFL
52
Maureen Ramirez[ 168]
DFL
54
Lynn Kaye[ 138]
Republican
58
Mike Freundschuh[ 169]
Republican
Mark Priore[ 169]
Republican
Melissa Sauser[ 169]
Republican
60
Chris Meyer[ 149]
DFL
Seats changing parties [ edit ]
*Elected in a special election. [ 19]
†Elected to non-consecutive terms. [ 20]
‡Retired; did not seek re-election.
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