2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota

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2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota
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Turnout63.66%
  Tina Smith official photo (cropped).jpg Minnesota State Senator Karin Housley.jpg
Nominee Tina Smith Karin Housley
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote1,370,5401,095,777
Percentage52.97%42.35%
2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota results map by county.svg
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2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota results map by precinct.svg
Smith:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Housley:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%
U.S. senator before election

Tina Smith [lower-alpha 1]
Democratic (DFL)

Elected U.S. Senator

Tina Smith
Democratic (DFL)

The 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a United States senator from Minnesota to replace incumbent Democratic senator Al Franken until the regular expiration of the term on January 3, 2021. Facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, Franken announced on December 7, 2017, that he would resign effective January 2, 2018. Governor Mark Dayton appointed Franken's successor, Tina Smith, on December 13, 2017, and she ran in the special election. This election coincided with a regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election for the Class 1 Senate seat, U.S. House elections, a gubernatorial election, State House elections, and other elections.

Contents

The candidate filing deadline was June 5, 2018, and the primary election was held on August 14, 2018. [1] Smith won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Karin Housley in the general election.

DFL primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Richard Painter
Local and state politicians
Individuals

Results

2018 MN US Senate special Democratic primary.svg
Results by county
Map legend
  •   Smith—80–90%
  •   Smith—70–80%
  •   Smith—60–70%
  •   Smith—50–60%
2018MNUSSENspecialD.svg
Results by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Smith—70–80%
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Tina Smith (incumbent) 433,705 76.06%
Democratic (DFL) Richard Painter78,19313.71%
Democratic (DFL) Ali Chehem Ali18,8973.31%
Democratic (DFL) Gregg Iverson17,8253.13%
Democratic (DFL) Nick Leonard16,5292.90%
Democratic (DFL) Christopher L. Seymore Sr.5,0410.88%
Total votes570,190 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

  • Bob Anderson, businessman [15]
  • Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey [3]

Declined

Endorsements

Results

2018 MN US Senate special R primary.svg
Results by county
Map legend
  •   Housley—70–80%
  •   Housley—60–70%
  •   Housley—50–60%
  •   Housley—40–50%
  •   Housley/Anderson tie—40–50%
  •   Anderson—40–50%
  •   Anderson—50–60%
2018MNUSSENGOPspecialprimary.svg
Results by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Housley—70–80%
  •   Housley—60–70%
  •   Housley—50–60%
Republican Party primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Karin Housley 186,384 61.95%
Republican Bob Anderson107,10235.60%
Republican Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey7,3552.45%
Total votes300,861 100%

Minor parties and independents

Candidates

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [28] Lean DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [29] Likely DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [30] Likely DNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [31] Likely DJuly 9, 2018
CNN [32] Likely DJuly 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics [33] Lean DNovember 5, 2018

^Highest rating given

Endorsements

Karin Housley (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Tina Smith (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State and local politicians
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and news websites

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018
Candidate (party)Total receiptsTotal disbursementsCash on hand
Tina Smith (D)$8,237,522$7,308,790$928,730
Karin Housley (R)$4,049,032$3,689,562$359,470
Source: Federal Election Commission [97]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Tina
Smith (D)		Karin
Housley (R)		Sarah
Wellington (LMN)		OtherUndecided
Change Research November 2–4, 2018953–51%42%3%2% [98] –
Research Co. November 1–3, 2018450± 4.6%49%39%–2%10%
SurveyUSA October 29–31, 2018600± 5.3%48%40%–5%7%
St. Cloud State University October 15–30, 2018420–44%29%–––
Mason-Dixon October 15–17, 2018800± 3.5%47%41%1%1% [99] 10%
Change Research October 12–13, 20181,413–46%43%5%2% [98] 2%
Marist College September 30 – October 4, 2018637 LV± 4.9%54%38%–<1%7%
860 RV± 4.2%52%39%–<1%9%
Mason-Dixon September 10–12, 2018800± 3.5%44%37%2%2% [98] 15%
SurveyUSA September 6–8, 2018574± 4.9%48%39%–2%11%
Suffolk University Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine August 17–20, 2018500± 4.4%44%37%2%0% [100] 18%
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018500± 4.6%32%28%––41%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018876± 4.0%49%35%–1%15%
BK Strategies (R) Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 20181,574± 2.5%48%39%––13%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Al
Franken (D)		Karin
Housley (R)		Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018500± 4.6%41%40%19%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
BK Strategies (R) Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 20181,574± 2.5%49%42%9%

Results

Smith won the election by 10.62 percentage points. Her margin was similar to that of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tim Walz, who defeated his Republican opponent by 11.41%. Both of those margins of victory were much smaller than that of senior Senator Amy Klobuchar, who on the same day defeated her Republican opponent by 24.1 points. Smith won by huge margins in the Democratic strongholds of Hennepin County and Ramsey County, home of Minneapolis and St. Paul respectively. She also managed a 10% margin of victory in suburban Dakota County, just outside Minneapolis, and won St. Louis County, home of Duluth. Housley won most of the state's rural areas. Turnout was high for a midterm election, with over 63% of registered voters in Minnesota casting ballots.

Results by precinct Map legend Smith--40-50% Smith--50-60% Smith--60-70% Smith--70-80% Smith--80-90% Smith--90-100% Housley-40-50% Housley-50-60% Housley-60-70% Housley-70-80% Housley-80-90% Housley-90-100% No Vote 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota results map by precinct.svg
Results by precinct
Map legend
  •   Smith—40–50%
  •   Smith—50–60%
  •   Smith—60–70%
  •   Smith—70–80%
  •   Smith—80–90%
  •   Smith—90–100%
  •   Housley–40–50%
  •   Housley–50–60%
  •   Housley–60–70%
  •   Housley–70–80%
  •   Housley–80–90%
  •   Housley–90–100%
  •   No Vote
United States Senate special election in Minnesota, 2018 [101]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic (DFL) Tina Smith (incumbent) 1,370,540 52.97% -0.18%
Republican Karin Housley 1,095,77742.35%-0.56%
Legal Marijuana Now Sarah Wellington95,6143.70%N/A
Independent Jerry Trooien24,3240.94%N/A
Write-in 1,1010.04%N/A
Total votes2,587,356 100.0% N/A
Democratic (DFL) hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Smith won four of Minnesota's eight congressional districts. Housley won the other four, including one that elected a Democrat. [102]

DistrictSmithHousleyRepresentative
1st 46.35%48.61% Tim Walz (115th Congress)
Jim Hagedorn (116th Congress)
2nd 50.52%44.93% Jason Lewis (115th Congress)
Angie Craig (116th Congress)
3rd 54.07%42.21% Erik Paulsen (115th Congress)
Dean Phillips (116th Congress)
4th 64.38%30.73% Betty McCollum
5th 76.99%18.35% Keith Ellison (115th Congress)
Ilhan Omar (116th Congress)
6th 39.83%55.21% Tom Emmer
7th 40.23%55.21% Collin Peterson
8th 46.84%48.28% Rick Nolan (115th Congress)
Pete Stauber (116th Congress)

Voter demographics

Edison Research exit poll
Demographic subgroupSmithHousleyNo
answer		 % of
voters
Gender
Men4949246
Women6137254
Age
18–24 years old702826
25–29 years old554235
30–39 years old6038212
40–49 years old5145413
50–64 years old5345229
65 and older5544135
Race
White 5345289
Black 851235
Latino N/AN/AN/A3
Asian N/AN/AN/A2
OtherN/AN/AN/A2
Race by gender
White men4652241
White women5940148
Black menN/AN/AN/A3
Black womenN/AN/AN/A2
Latino menN/AN/AN/A1
Latino womenN/AN/AN/A1
OthersN/AN/AN/A4
Education
High school or less5643117
Some college education4848424
Associate degree 4751217
Bachelor's degree 5940126
Advanced degree6929216
Education and race
White college graduates6237138
White no college degree4652251
Non-white college graduates7228N/A4
Non-white no college degree771857
Whites by education and gender
White women with college degrees6830221
White women without college degrees5146328
White men with college degrees5544117
White men without college degrees4058223
Non-whites7521411
Income
Under $30,0006333414
$30,000–49,9995443320
$50,000–99,9994948336
$100,000–199,9995443323
Over $200,000N/AN/AN/A7
Party ID
Democrats 964N/A39
Republicans 990132
Independents 5343429
Party by gender
Democratic men964N/A14
Democratic women954125
Republican men791215
Republican women1089117
Independent men4749416
Independent women6036413
Ideology
Liberals 934327
Moderates 6731239
Conservatives 1187233
Marital status
Married5048267
Unmarried6533233
Gender by marital status
Married men4752131
Married women5245336
Unmarried men5540515
Unmarried women7426N/A17
First-time midterm election voter
Yes5346112
No5840288
Most important issue facing the country
Health care 7523249
Immigration 2375222
Economy 3265319
Gun policy N/AN/AN/A8
Area type
Urban6631340
Suburban5245332
Rural4256228
Source: CNN [103]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In December 2017, Smith was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Al Franken.

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  61. ↑ Barack Obama. "Today, I'm proud to endorse even more Democratic candidates who aren't just running against something, but for something—to expand opportunity for all of us and to restore dignity, honor, and compassion to public service. They deserve your vote". Twitter.
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  77. ↑ Eric Garcetti. ""People are so sick and tired of the political games being played in DC. That's why I'm focused on listening and getting things done for Minnesotans!" — @TinaSmithMN. I'm rooting her on today (and for the next 16 days & beyond). #EGinMN". Twitter.
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