2002 Minnesota Senate election

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Minnesota Senate election, 2002
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Roger Moe.jpg
GOP
IPM
Leader Roger Moe
(retired)
Dick Day Bob Lessard
(retired)
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Independence
Leader since1980July 9, 1997January 3, 2001
Leader's seat2nd–Erskine 26th–Owatonna 3rd–International Falls
Last election39 seats27 seats0 seats
Seats before39262
Seats won35311
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg5Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,080,975994,45473,439
Percentage49.69%45.71%3.38%

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2002 Minnesota Senate seats won by party.svg

Majority Leader before election

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Majority Leader

John Hottinger
Democratic (DFL)

The 2002 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the Senate of the 83rd and 84th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.

Contents

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002 Minnesota Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %No.No. %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 661,080,97549.6935Decrease2.svg452.24
Republican Party of Minnesota 64994,45445.7131Increase2.svg546.27
Independence Party of Minnesota 1773,4393.381Decrease2.svg11.49
Green Party of Minnesota 819,3150.890Steady2.svg0.00
Constitution Party of Minnesota 11,0060.050Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 12,6140.120Steady2.svg0.00
Write-in N/A3,6060.170Steady2.svg0.00
Total2,175,409100.0067±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes107,4514.71
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters) [1] 2,282,86064.89Decrease2.svg5.22 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library [3]

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References

  1. "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 13, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Results for all State Senate Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 9, 2013.