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2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota

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2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota
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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.

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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.

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DFL primary

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Richard Painter

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  Smith
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
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  Smith
  •   70–80%
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Republican primary

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

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  •   Housley—70–80%
  •   Housley—60–70%
  •   Housley—50–60%
  •   Housley—40–50%
  •   Housley/Anderson tie—40–50%
  •   Anderson—40–50%
  •   Anderson—50–60%
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  •   Housley—70–80%
  •   Housley—60–70%
  •   Housley—50–60%
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General election

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Karin Housley (R)

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Tina Smith (D)

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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.

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Smith won four of Minnesota's eight congressional districts. Housley won the other four, including one that elected a Democrat.[115]

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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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