2000 Minnesota Senate election

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Minnesota Senate election, 2000
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  1996 November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07) 2002  

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Roger Moe.jpg
Leader Roger Moe Dick Day
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Leader since1980July 9, 1997
Leader's seat2nd–Erskine 28th–Owatonna
Last election42 seats24 seats
Seats before4026
Seats won3927
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote1,219,4971,040,132

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2000 Minnesota Senate seats won by party.svg

Majority Leader before election

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Majority Leader

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

The 2000 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the Senate of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.

Contents

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota and one independent. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2001.

Results

Summary of the November 7, 2000 Minnesota Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.No. %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 671,219,49739Increase2.svg158.21
Republican Party of Minnesota 641,040,13227Decrease2.svg140.30
Independence Party of Minnesota 1029,5340Steady2.svg0.00
Constitution Party of Minnesota 47,0780Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 220,3801Steady2.svg1.49
Total67±0100.00
Turnout (out of 3,506,432 eligible voters) [1] 2,458,30370.11%Increase2.svg3.50 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 Senators". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 30, 2015.