2002 Minnesota Senate election
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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.
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
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[1] | Likely D | October 4, 2002 |
Results
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings". The Cook Political Report: 149–150. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for all State Senate Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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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.
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
| 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
References
- ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings". The Cook Political Report: 149–150. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for all State Senate Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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