2002 Minnesota Senate election

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.

Minnesota Senate election, 2002

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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Roger Moe (retired) Dick Day Bob Lessard (retired) Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Independence Leader since 1980 July 9, 1997 January 3, 2001 Leader's seat 2nd–Erskine 26th–Owatonna 3rd–International Falls Last election 39 seats 27 seats 0 seats Seats before 39 26 2 Seats won 35 31 1 Seat change 4 5 1 Popular vote 1,080,975 994,454 73,439 Percentage 49.69% 45.71% 3.38%
Districts by margins of victory Districts by party won
Majority Leader before election Roger Moe Democratic (DFL) Elected Majority Leader John Hottinger Democratic (DFL)

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.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[1]	Likely D	October 4, 2002

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	66	1,080,975	49.69	35	4	52.24
	Republican Party of Minnesota	64	994,454	45.71	31	5	46.27
	Independence Party of Minnesota	17	73,439	3.38	1	1	1.49
	Green Party of Minnesota	8	19,315	0.89	0		0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	1	1,006	0.05	0		0.00
	Independent	1	2,614	0.12	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	3,606	0.17	0		0.00
Total			2,175,409	100.00	67	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			107,451	4.71
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)[2]			2,282,860	64.89	5.22 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2002
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002