Minnesota Senate election, 2016

Minnesota Senate election, 2016
Minnesota
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
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

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 are elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for two-year terms in elections following the decennial United States Census and for four-year terms in elections thereafter. Contested nominations of the DFL and Republican parties for each district are determined by an open primary election. All other candidates are nominated by petition.

Retiring members

DFL

Republican

Candidates

District Incumbent Candidates
Name Party First elected Name Party
1 LeRoy Stumpf‡ DFL 1982 Mark Johnson[13] Republican
Kip Fontaine[14] DFL
2 Rod Skoe DFL 2002 Paul Utke[15] Republican
Rod Skoe[16] DFL
3 Tom Bakk DFL 2002
4 Kent Eken DFL 2012 James Leiman[17] Republican
5 Tom Saxhaug DFL 2002 Tom Saxhaug[18] DFL
6 David Tomassoni DFL 2000
7 Roger Reinert‡ DFL 2010 Donna Bergstrom[19] Republican
Erik Simonson[20] DFL
8 Bill Ingebrigtsen Republican 2006 Bill Ingebrigtsen[21] Republican
Shawn Olson[22] DFL
9 Paul Gazelka Republican 2010 Paul Gazelka[23] Republican
Jason Weinerman[24] DFL
10 Carrie Ruud Republican 2002, 2012† Carrie Ruud[25] Republican
Tiffany Stenglein[26] DFL
11 Tony Lourey DFL 2006
12 Torrey Westrom Republican 2012 Torrey Westrom[27] Republican
13 Michelle Fischbach Republican 1996* Michael Willemsen[28] DFL
14 John Pederson‡ Republican 2010 Jerry Relph[29] Republican
Dan Wolgamott[29] DFL
15 Dave Brown‡ Republican 2010 Andrew Mathews[30] Republican
Chilah Brown[31] DFL
16 Gary Dahms Republican 2010 Gary Dahms[32] Republican
17 Lyle Koenen DFL 2012* Andrew Lang[33] Republican
Lyle Koenen[34] DFL
18 Scott Newman Republican 2010 Scott Newman[35] Republican
Amy Wilde[36] DFL
19 Kathy Sheran‡ DFL 2006 Willa Dailey[37] Republican
Nick Frentz[38] DFL
20 Kevin Dahle DFL 2008*, 2012† Rich Draheim[39] Republican
21 Matt Schmit DFL 2012 Mike Goggin[40] Republican
22 Bill Weber Republican 2012 Bill Weber[41] Republican
23 Julie Rosen Republican 2002
24 Vicki Jensen DFL 2012 John Jasinski[42] Republican
Vicki Jensen[43] DFL
25 Dave Senjem Republican 2002 Dale Amorosia[44] DFL
26 Carla Nelson Republican 2010 Carla Nelson[45] Republican
Rich Wright[45] DFL
27 Dan Sparks DFL 2002 Dan Sparks[46] DFL
28 Jeremy Miller Republican 2010 Jon Pieper[47] DFL
29 Bruce Anderson Republican 2012 Bruce Anderson[48] Republican
30 Mary Kiffmeyer Republican 2012 Mary Kiffmeyer[49] Republican
31 Michelle Benson Republican 2010
32 Sean Nienow Republican 2002, 2010† Mark Koran[50] Republican
Sean Nienow[50] Republican
Tim Nelson[51] DFL
33 David Osmek Republican 2012 David Osmek[52] Republican
Jay Nygard[52] Libertarian
34 Warren Limmer Republican 1995*
35 Jim Abeler Republican 2016* Roger Johnson[53] DFL
36 John Hoffman DFL 2012 Jeff Lunde[54] Republican
John Hoffman[55] DFL
37 Alice Johnson‡ DFL 2012 Brad Sanford[56] Republican
Jerry Newton[57] DFL
38 Roger Chamberlain Republican 2010 Pat Davern[58] DFL
39 Karin Housley Republican 2012 Karin Housley[59] Republican
Sten Hakanson[59] DFL
40 Chris Eaton DFL 2011*
41 Barb Goodwin‡ DFL 2010 Carolyn Laine[1] DFL
42 Bev Scalze‡ DFL 2012 Candy Sina[60] Republican
Jason Isaacson[61] DFL
43 Chuck Wiger DFL 1996 Chuck Wiger[62] DFL
Chris Belflower[62] Independence
44 Terri Bonoff DFL 2005* Cole Mathisen[63] Republican
Deb Calvert[64] DFL
45 Ann Rest DFL 2000
46 Ron Latz DFL 2006
47 Julianne Ortman‡ Republican 2002 Scott Jensen[65] Republican
48 David Hann Republican 2002 David Hann[66] Republican
Steve Cwodzinski[67] DFL
49 Melisa Franzen DFL 2012
50 Melissa Halvorson Wiklund DFL 2012
51 Jim Carlson DFL 2006, 2012† Victor Lake[68] Republican
Jim Carlson[69] DFL
52 Jim Metzen‡ DFL 1986 Matt Klein[70] DFL
53 Susan Kent DFL 2012 Susan Kent[71] DFL
54 Katie Sieben‡ DFL 2006 Leilani Holmstadt[72] Republican
Dan Schoen[73] DFL
55 Eric Pratt Republican 2012 Eric Pratt[74] Republican
56 Dan Hall Republican 2010 Dan Hall[75] Republican
Phil Sterner[76] DFL
57 Greg Clausen DFL 2012 Cory Campbell[77] Republican
Greg Clausen[78] DFL
58 Dave Thompson‡ Republican 2010 Tim Pitcher[79] Republican
Matt Little[80] DFL
59 Bobby Joe Champion DFL 2012 Bobby Joe Champion[81] DFL
60 Kari Dziedzic DFL 2012* Kari Dziedzic[82] DFL
61 Scott Dibble DFL 2002
62 Jeff Hayden DFL 2011* Mohamoud Hassan[83] DFL
63 Patricia Torres Ray DFL 2006
64 Dick Cohen DFL 1986
65 Sandy Pappas DFL 1990
66 John Marty DFL 1986
67 Foung Hawj DFL 2012 Foung Hawj[84] DFL
*Elected in a special election.[85]
†Elected to non-consecutive terms.[86]
‡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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