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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.
The candidate filing deadline was June 5, 2018, and the primary election was held on August 14, 2018. Smith won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Karin Housley in the general election.
DFL primary
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Nominated
Tina Smith, incumbent U.S. Senator
Eliminated in primary
Ali Chehem
Gregg A. Iverson, perennial candidate
Nick Leonard, attorney and activist
Richard Painter, University of Minnesota Law School professor and former White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush
Christopher Lovell Seymore Sr.
Declined
Scott Dibble, state senator
Keith Ellison, U.S. Representative (running for Minnesota Attorney General)
Melisa Franzen, state senator
Betty McCollum, U.S. Representative (running for reelection)
Rick Nolan, U.S. Representative (running for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota)
Collin Peterson, U.S. Representative (running for reelection)
Jake Sullivan, former National Security Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden
Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota (running for governor)
Patricia Torres Ray, state senator (running for MN-5)
Tim Walz, U.S. Representative (running for Governor)
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= Results
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Republican primary
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Nominated
Karin Housley, state senator
Eliminated in primary
Bob Anderson, businessman
Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey
Declined
Sarah Anderson, Minnesota state representative
Michele Bachmann, former U.S. Representative
Michelle Benson, state senator
Christopher Chamberlin (running for MN-05)
Norm Coleman, former U.S. Senator (endorsed Karin Housley)
Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Tom Emmer, U.S. Representative (endorsed Karin Housley)
Paul Gazelka, Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
Pete Hegseth, veteran, Fox News Contributor and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
Amy Koch, former Minnesota state senator
Jason Lewis, U.S. Representative
Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow
Jenifer Loon, state representative (endorsed Karin Housley)
Stewart Mills III, businessman and nominee for MN-08 in 2014 and 2016
Erik Paulsen, U.S. Representative
Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota (ran for governor, lost)
Joyce Peppin, Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Julie Rosen, Minnesota state senator
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Minor parties and independents
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Jerry Trooien (independent), real estate developer
Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
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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.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Aitkin (largest municipality: Aitkin)
Lincoln (largest municipality: Tyler)
Pine (largest city: Pine City)
Fillmore (largest city: Spring Valley)
Freeborn (largest city: Albert Lea)
Itasca (largest city: Grand Rapids)
Chippewa (largest city: Montevideo)
Grant (largest city: Elbow Lake)
Houston (largest city: La Crescent)
Kanabec (largest city: Mora)
Kandiyohi (largest city: Willmar)
Le Sueur (largest city: Le Sueur)
Marshall (largest city: Warren)
Mille Lacs (largest city: Princeton)
Pennington (largest city: Thief River Falls)
Polk (largest city: East Grand Forks)
Pope (largest city: Glenwood)
Red Lake (largest city: Red Lake Falls)
Renville (largest city: Olivia)
Lac qui Parle (largest city: Madison)
Big Stone (largest city: Ortonville)
Swift (largest city: Benson)
Stevens (largest city: Morris)
Traverse (largest city: Wheaton)
Wabasha (largest city: Lake City)
Waseca (largest city: Waseca)
Watonwan (largest city: St. James)
Yellow Medicine (largest city: Granite Falls)
By congressional district
Smith won four of Minnesota's eight congressional districts. Housley won the other four, including one that elected a Democrat.
Voter demographics
See also
2018 Minnesota elections
Notes
References
External links
Elections & Voting – Minnesota Secretary of State
Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Campaign finance at FEC
Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites
Karin Housley (R) for Senate
Tina Smith (D) for Senate
Jerry Trooien (I) for Senate
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