Minnesota Senate election, 2002
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority |
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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.
Results
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
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No. | % | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 66 | 1,080,975 | 49.69 | 35 | ![]() |
52.24 | |
Republican Party of Minnesota | 64 | 994,454 | 45.71 | 31 | ![]() |
46.27 | |
Independence Party of Minnesota | 17 | 73,439 | 3.38 | 1 | ![]() |
1.49 | |
Green Party of Minnesota | 8 | 19,315 | 0.89 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | |
Independent Christian Pro-Life | 1 | 2,614 | 0.12 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | |
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,006 | 0.05 | 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)[1] | 2,282,860 | 64.89 | ![]() |
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Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] |