2020 Minnesota Senate election should not be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota.
| Election Name: | 2020 Minnesota State Senate election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Minnesota Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Minnesota Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Image1: | Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (cropped).jpg |
| Image1 Size: | x160px |
| Leader1: | Paul Gazelka |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Leader Since1: | November 10, 2016 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 9th–Nisswa |
| Last Election1: | 34 seats, 48.96% |
| Seats Before1: | 35 |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,532,446 |
| Percentage1: | 48.39% |
| Swing1: | 0.57 |
| Image2 Size: | x160px |
| Leader2: | Susan Kent |
| Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Leader Since2: | February 1, 2020 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 53rd–Woodbury |
| Last Election2: | 33 seats, 50.12% |
| Seats Before2: | 32 |
| Seats2: | 33 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,577,523 |
| Percentage2: | 49.82% |
| Swing2: | 0.30 |
| Majority Leader | |
| Before Election: | Paul Gazelka |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| After Election: | Paul Gazelka |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Turnout: | 79.98% 5.26 pp |
The 2020 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2020, to elect members to the Senate of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 11, 2020. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the House of Representatives, and other elections.
The last election in 2016 resulted in the Republican Party of Minnesota winning a majority of seats, after losing a majority to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) only four years earlier in the previous election in 2012. In conjunction with the result of the House election, it also resulted in the return of all-Republican control of the Legislature for the first time since 2012, and only the second time Republicans had had majorities in both houses since the return of partisan elections to the Senate in 1976. Control of the Senate had alternated between the Republicans and the DFL every election since 2010. All-Republican control of the Legislature ended when the DFL won a majority in the House in 2018.
A special election was held for District 11 on February 5, 2019, as a result of the resignation of incumbent DFL Senator Tony Lourey after he was selected to be the next commissioner of human services by Governor-elect Tim Walz in early January 2019.[1] Republican state representative Jason Rarick won the special election, increasing the Republican majority to 35 seats.[2]
In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.[3]
The 67 members of the Senate were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (DFL, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis, Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period was from May 19 to June 2, 2020.[4]
A primary election was held on August 11 in 16 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. Four Republican nominations and 13 DFL nominations were contested. Nine incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. DFL incumbents Erik Simonson in District 7 and Jeff Hayden in District 62 were not renominated.[9] [10]
| 6 | Republican | John Moren | 3,569 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | David Tomassoni | 6,519 | 86.41 | ||
| Christopher Horoshak | 1,025 | 13.59 | |||
| 7 | Republican | Donna Bergstrom | 2,129 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Jen McEwen | 8,603 | 73.54 | ||
| Erik Simonson | 3,095 | 26.46 | |||
| 9 | Republican | Paul Gazelka | 5,822 | 83.49 | |
| Richard Dahl | 1,151 | 16.51 | |||
| DFL | A. John Peters | 2,759 | 100.00 | ||
| 10 | Republican | Carrie Ruud | 5,558 | 82.50 | |
| Shaun Christian Hansen | 1,179 | 17.50 | |||
| DFL | Steve Samuelson | 4,869 | 100.00 | ||
| 22 | Grassroots | Brian Abrahamson | 44 | 100.00 | |
| Republican | Bill Weber | 4,406 | 100.00 | ||
| DFL | Shawna Marshall | 1,897 | 76.06 | ||
| Roger Elgersma | 597 | 23.94 | |||
| 34 | Republican | Warren Limmer | 3,875 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Bonnie Westlin | 5,810 | 71.81 | ||
| Aarica Coleman | 2,281 | 28.19 | |||
| 39 | Republican | Karin Housley | 3,213 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Josiah Hill | 7,188 | 86.94 | ||
| Brian Hile | 1,080 | 13.06 | |||
| 43 | Grassroots | Doug Daubenspeck | 81 | 100.00 | |
| Republican | Bob Zick | 2,352 | 100.00 | ||
| DFL | Chuck Wiger | 6,051 | 69.67 | ||
| Natasha Lapcinski | 2,634 | 30.33 | |||
| 44 | Republican | Greg Pulles | 3,946 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Ann Johnson Stewart | 9,672 | 76.59 | ||
| Zina Alston Fizer | 2,956 | 23.41 | |||
| 47 | Republican | Julia Coleman | 4,586 | 63.52 | |
| Tom Funk | 2,634 | 36.48 | |||
| DFL | Addie Miller | 5,105 | 86.97 | ||
| Bala Chintaginjala | 765 | 13.03 | |||
| 49 | Republican | Julie Dupré | 2,581 | 62.78 | |
| Jenny Rhoades | 1,530 | 37.22 | |||
| DFL | Melisa Franzen | 14,895 | 100.00 | ||
| 53 | Republican | Mary Giuliani Stephens | 2,889 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Susan Kent | 6,418 | 66.63 | ||
| Marquita Stephens | 3,214 | 33.37 | |||
| 56 | Republican | Dan Hall | 3,090 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Lindsey Port | 4,669 | 66.70 | ||
| Kevin Shea | 1,925 | 27.50 | |||
| Richard Tucker | 406 | 5.80 | |||
| 59 | Republican | Paul Anderson | 841 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Bobby Joe Champion | 11,639 | 77.07 | ||
| Suleiman Isse | 3,463 | 22.93 | |||
| 62 | Republican | Bruce Lundeen | 443 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Omar Fateh | 11,109 | 54.86 | ||
| Jeff Hayden | 9,140 | 45.14 | |||
| 65 | Republican | Paul Holmgren | 902 | 100.00 | |
| DFL | Sandy Pappas | 7,484 | 63.67 | ||
| Laverne McCartney Knighton | 4,270 | 36.33 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[11] | |||||
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | +/− | +/− | % | ||||||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 67 | 1,532,446 | 48.39 | –0.57 | 34 | –1 | 50.75 | ||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 65 | 1,577,523 | 49.82 | –0.30 | 33 | +1 | 49.25 | ||
| Legal Marijuana Now Party | 7 | 29,841 | 0.94 | +0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party | 6 | 17,291 | 0.55 | +0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Independence–Alliance Party of Minnesota | 1 | 5,654 | 0.18 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Write-in | N/A | 3,835 | 0.12 | –0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 3,166,590 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 127,190 | 3.86 | –1.38 | ||||||
| Total | 3,293,780 | 100.00 | ±0 | ||||||
| Registered voters/Turnout[13] | 4,118,462 | 79.98 | +5.26 | ||||||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[14] Star Tribune[15] | |||||||||
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| District | Incumbent | Candidates[16] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | First elected | Name | Party | Votes | % | Winner Party | |||
| 1 | Mark Johnson | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Johnson, Mark" | Mark Johnson | Republican | 27,972 | 69.63 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Perkins, Reed" | Reed Perkins | DFL | 12,162 | 30.28 | ||||||
| 2 | Paul Utke | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Utke, Paul" | Paul Utke | Republican | 28,951 | 65.11 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Roy, Alan" | Alan Roy | DFL | 15,458 | 34.76 | ||||||
| 3 | Tom Bakk | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Bakk, Tom" | Tom Bakk | DFL | 26,700 | 55.19 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Hogan, Christopher" | Christopher Hogan | Republican | 21,613 | 44.68 | ||||||
| 4 | Kent Eken | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Eken, Kent" | Kent Eken | DFL | 23,333 | 54.53 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Larson, Mark" | Mark Larson | Republican | 19,415 | 45.37 | ||||||
| 5 | Justin Eichorn | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Eichorn, Justin" | Justin Eichorn | Republican | 25,169 | 55.59 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Albrecht, Rita" | Rita Albrecht | DFL | 16,706 | 36.89 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Smith, Robyn" | Robyn Smith | 2,400 | 5.30 | |||||||
| data-sort-value="Barsness, Dennis" | Dennis Barsness | Grassroots | 967 | 2.14 | ||||||
| 6 | David Tomassoni | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Tomassoni, David" | David Tomassoni | DFL | 25,557 | 57.04 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Moren, John" | John Moren | Republican | 19,191 | 42.83 | ||||||
| 7 | Erik Simonson | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="McEwen, Jen" | Jen McEwen | DFL | 30,526 | 68.32 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Bergstrom, Donna" | Donna Bergstrom | Republican | 14,081 | 31.51 | ||||||
| 8 | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Republican | 2006 | data-sort-value="Ingebrigtsen, Bill" | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Republican | 33,625 | 67.69 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Anderson, Michele" | Michele Anderson | DFL | 15,997 | 32.20 | ||||||
| 9 | Paul Gazelka | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Gazelka, Paul" | Paul Gazelka | Republican | 33,472 | 75.60 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Peters, A. John" | A. John Peters | DFL | 10,765 | 24.31 | ||||||
| 10 | Carrie Ruud | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Ruud, Carrie" | Carrie Ruud | Republican | 33,027 | 67.55 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Samuelson, Steve" | Steve Samuelson | DFL | 15,828 | 32.37 | ||||||
| 11 | Jason Rarick | Republican | 2019 | data-sort-value="Rarick, Jason" | Jason Rarick | Republican | 24,498 | 56.58 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Lee, Michelle" | Michelle Lee | DFL | 18,761 | 43.33 | ||||||
| 12 | Torrey Westrom | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Westrom, Torrey" | Torrey Westrom | Republican | 33,442 | 74.42 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Abahsain, Jill" | Jill Abahsain | DFL | 11,467 | 25.52 | ||||||
| 13 | Jeff Howe | Republican | 2018 | data-sort-value="Howe, Jeff" | Jeff Howe | Republican | 32,623 | 69.43 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Willemsen, Michael" | Michael Willemsen | DFL | 14,306 | 30.45 | ||||||
| 14 | Jerry Relph | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Putnam, Aric" | Aric Putnam | DFL | 18,318 | 46.39 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Relph, Jerry" | Jerry Relph | Republican | 18,002 | 45.59 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Partlow, Jaden" | Jaden Partlow | 3,127 | 7.92 | |||||||
| 15 | Andrew Mathews | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Mathews, Andrew" | Andrew Mathews | Republican | 33,886 | 72.25 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Krist, Brent" | Brent Krist | DFL | 12,957 | 27.63 | ||||||
| 16 | Gary Dahms | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Dahms, Gary" | Gary Dahms | Republican | 29,696 | 73.64 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Prine, Joshua" | Joshua Prine | 5,654 | 14.02 | |||||||
| data-sort-value="Preslicka, Steve" | Steve Preslicka | 4,880 | 12.10 | |||||||
| 17 | Andrew Lang | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Lang, Andrew" | Andrew Lang | Republican | 28,337 | 67.86 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Alvarado, Fernando" | Fernando Alvarado | DFL | 13,383 | 32.05 | ||||||
| 18 | Scott Newman | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Newman, Scott" | Scott Newman | Republican | 31,357 | 71.35 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Tschimperle, Chad" | Chad Tschimperle | DFL | 12,538 | 28.53 | ||||||
| 19 | Nick Frentz | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Frentz, Nick" | Nick Frentz | DFL | 26,165 | 59.82 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Bangert, Elizabeth" | Elizabeth Bangert | Republican | 17,504 | 40.02 | ||||||
| 20 | Rich Draheim | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Draheim, Rich" | Rich Draheim | Republican | 26,523 | 54.24 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Olson, Jon" | Jon Olson | DFL | 19,431 | 39.73 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Hoschette, Jason" | Jason Hoschette | Grassroots | 2,901 | 5.93 | ||||||
| 21 | Mike Goggin | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Goggin, Mike" | Mike Goggin | Republican | 27,981 | 59.67 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Kaehler, Ralph" | Ralph Kaehler | DFL | 18,871 | 40.25 | ||||||
| 22 | Bill Weber | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Weber, Bill" | Bill Weber | Republican | 26,697 | 69.17 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Marshall, Shawna" | Shawna Marshall | DFL | 9,936 | 25.74 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Abrahamson, Brian" | Brian Abrahamson | Grassroots | 1,947 | 5.04 | ||||||
| 23 | Julie Rosen | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Rosen, Julie" | Julie Rosen | Republican | 32,533 | 78.66 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Pulkrabek, David" | David Pulkrabek | 8,730 | 21.11 | |||||||
| 24 | John Jasinski | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Jasinski, John" | John Jasinski | Republican | 25,943 | 63.66 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Steinkamp, Roger" | Roger Steinkamp | DFL | 14,756 | 36.21 | ||||||
| 25 | Dave Senjem | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Senjem, Dave" | Dave Senjem | Republican | 25,021 | 51.21 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Flick, Sara" | Sara Flick | DFL | 23,783 | 48.68 | ||||||
| 26 | Carla Nelson | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Nelson, Carla" | Carla Nelson | Republican | 24,740 | 50.86 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Borrud, Aleta" | Aleta Borrud | DFL | 23,831 | 48.99 | ||||||
| 27 | Dan Sparks | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Dornink, Gene" | Gene Dornink | Republican | 19,759 | 48.87 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Sparks, Dan" | Dan Sparks | DFL | 17,941 | 44.37 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Becvar, Tyler" | Tyler Becvar | 2,699 | 6.68 | |||||||
| 28 | Jeremy Miller | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Miller, Jeremy" | Jeremy Miller | Republican | 24,811 | 57.66 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Kruger, Sarah" | Sarah Kruger | DFL | 18,171 | 42.23 | ||||||
| 29 | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Anderson, Bruce" | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 30,405 | 63.23 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Brazelton, Chris" | Chris Brazelton | DFL | 13,572 | 28.23 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Murphy, Mary" | Mary Murphy | Grassroots | 4,066 | 8.46 | ||||||
| 30 | Mary Kiffmeyer | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Kiffmeyer, Mary" | Mary Kiffmeyer | Republican | 34,714 | 67.25 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Nguyen, Diane" | Diane Nguyen | DFL | 16,861 | 32.66 | ||||||
| 31 | Michelle Benson | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Benson, Michelle" | Michelle Benson | Republican | 35,980 | 70.57 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Luthner, Kate" | Kate Luthner | DFL | 14,962 | 29.34 | ||||||
| 32 | Mark Koran | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Koran, Mark" | Mark Koran | Republican | 32,493 | 66.35 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Fike, Joshua" | Joshua Fike | DFL | 16,412 | 33.51 | ||||||
| 33 | David Osmek | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Osmek, David" | David Osmek | Republican | 31,614 | 53.97 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Piper, Gretchen" | Gretchen Piper | DFL | 26,928 | 45.97 | ||||||
| 34 | Warren Limmer | Republican | 1995 | data-sort-value="Limmer, Warren" | Warren Limmer | Republican | 29,347 | 50.74 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Westlin, Bonnie" | Bonnie Westlin | DFL | 28,443 | 49.18 | ||||||
| 35 | Jim Abeler | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Abeler, Jim" | Jim Abeler | Republican | 31,291 | 62.63 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Nelson, David" | David Nelson | DFL | 18,622 | 37.27 | ||||||
| 36 | John Hoffman | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Hoffman, John" | John Hoffman | DFL | 27,580 | 56.33 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Attia, Karen" | Karen Attia | Republican | 21,319 | 43.55 | ||||||
| 37 | Jerry Newton | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Newton, Jerry" | Jerry Newton | DFL | 26,100 | 52.38 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Sanford, Brad" | Brad Sanford | Republican | 23,659 | 47.48 | ||||||
| 38 | Roger Chamberlain | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Roger" | Roger Chamberlain | Republican | 28,041 | 52.08 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Stofferahn, Justin" | Justin Stofferahn | DFL | 25,755 | 47.83 | ||||||
| 39 | Karin Housley | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Housley, Karin" | Karin Housley | Republican | 29,246 | 52.97 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Hill, Josiah" | Josiah Hill | DFL | 25,921 | 46.95 | ||||||
| 40 | Chris Eaton | DFL | 2011 | data-sort-value="Eaton, Chris" | Chris Eaton | DFL | 24,291 | 71.46 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Marvin, Robert" | Robert Marvin | Republican | 9,647 | 28.38 | ||||||
| 41 | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Kunesh-Podein, Mary" | Mary Kunesh-Podein | DFL | 29,967 | 66.85 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Vogel, Lucia" | Lucia Vogel | Republican | 14,791 | 32.99 | ||||||
| 42 | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Isaacson, Jason" | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 29,645 | 58.71 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Schwanke, Ben" | Ben Schwanke | Republican | 20,771 | 41.14 | ||||||
| 43 | Chuck Wiger | DFL | 1996 | data-sort-value="Wiger, Chuck" | Chuck Wiger | DFL | 26,345 | 56.20 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Zick, Bob" | Bob Zick | Republican | 16,520 | 35.24 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Daubenspeck, Doug" | Doug Daubenspeck | Grassroots | 3,950 | 8.43 | ||||||
| 44 | Paul Anderson | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Johnson Stewart, Ann" | Ann Johnson Stewart | DFL | 33,855 | 58.74 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Pulles, Greg" | Greg Pulles | Republican | 23,756 | 41.22 | ||||||
| 45 | Ann Rest | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Rest, Ann" | Ann Rest | DFL | 29,054 | 60.70 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Bruins, Roxana" | Roxana Bruins | Republican | 14,040 | 29.33 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Schuler, Andy" | Andy Schuler | 4,729 | 9.88 | |||||||
| 46 | Ron Latz | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Latz, Ron" | Ron Latz | DFL | 37,972 | 72.72 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Björnson, Bryan" | Bryan Björnson | Republican | 14,189 | 27.17 | ||||||
| 47 | Scott Jensen | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value="Coleman, Julia" | Julia Coleman | Republican | 32,366 | 57.63 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Miller, Addie" | Addie Miller | DFL | 23,728 | 42.25 | ||||||
| 48 | Steve Cwodzinski | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Cwodzinski, Steve" | Steve Cwodzinski | DFL | 29,985 | 58.15 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Jiang, Jeff" | Jeff Jiang | Republican | 21,558 | 41.81 | ||||||
| 49 | Melisa Franzen | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Franzen, Melisa" | Melisa Franzen | DFL | 36,149 | 62.77 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Dupré, Julie" | Julie Dupré | Republican | 21,403 | 37.16 | ||||||
| 50 | Melissa Wiklund | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Wiklund, Melissa" | Melissa Wiklund | DFL | 30,516 | 66.62 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Mumbleau, Dean" | Dean Mumbleau | Republican | 15,243 | 33.28 | ||||||
| 51 | Jim Carlson | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Carlson, Jim" | Jim Carlson | DFL | 30,719 | 61.23 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Willetts, Doug" | Doug Willetts | Republican | 19,389 | 38.65 | ||||||
| 52 | Matt Klein | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Klein, Matt" | Matt Klein | DFL | 29,730 | 60.58 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Settell, Tomas" | Tomas Settell | Republican | 19,291 | 39.31 | ||||||
| 53 | Susan Kent | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Kent, Susan" | Susan Kent | DFL | 29,538 | 54.08 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Giuliani Stephens, Mary" | Mary Giuliani Stephens | Republican | 25,024 | 45.82 | ||||||
| 54 | Karla Bigham | DFL | 2018 | data-sort-value="Bigham, Karla" | Karla Bigham | DFL | 25,530 | 52.85 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Holmstadt, Leilani" | Leilani Holmstadt | Republican | 22,712 | 47.02 | ||||||
| 55 | Eric Pratt | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Pratt, Eric" | Eric Pratt | Republican | 31,082 | 61.61 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Odowa, Sahra" | Sahra Odowa | DFL | 19,322 | 38.30 | ||||||
| 56 | Dan Hall | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Port, Lindsey" | Lindsey Port | DFL | 26,071 | 53.01 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Hall, Dan" | Dan Hall | Republican | 23,061 | 46.89 | ||||||
| 57 | Greg Clausen | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Clausen, Greg" | Greg Clausen | DFL | 30,897 | 56.41 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Jimenez, Jose" | Jose Jimenez | Republican | 23,825 | 43.50 | ||||||
| 58 | Matt Little | DFL | 2016 | data-sort-value="Duckworth, Zach" | Zach Duckworth | Republican | 29,020 | 55.01 | Republican | |
| data-sort-value="Little, Matt" | Matt Little | DFL | 23,701 | 44.93 | ||||||
| 59 | Bobby Joe Champion | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Champion, Bobby Joe" | Bobby Joe Champion | DFL | 33,810 | 82.06 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Anderson, Paul" | Paul Anderson | Republican | 7,300 | 17.72 | ||||||
| 60 | Kari Dziedzic | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Dziedzic, Kari" | Kari Dziedzic | DFL | 37,488 | 85.73 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Holmberg, Mary" | Mary Holmberg | Republican | 6,171 | 14.11 | ||||||
| 61 | Scott Dibble | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Dibble, Scott" | Scott Dibble | DFL | 49,050 | 84.78 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Zielinski, Jennifer" | Jennifer Zielinski | Republican | 8,727 | 15.08 | ||||||
| 62 | Jeff Hayden | DFL | 2011 | data-sort-value="Fateh, Omar" | Omar Fateh | DFL | 33,103 | 88.99 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Lundeen, Bruce" | Bruce Lundeen | Republican | 3,947 | 10.61 | ||||||
| 63 | Patricia Torres Ray | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Torres Ray, Patricia" | Patricia Torres Ray | DFL | 40,742 | 77.64 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Napper, Diane" | Diane Napper | Republican | 8,231 | 15.69 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Wright, Chris" | Chris Wright | Grassroots | 3,460 | 6.59 | ||||||
| 64 | Dick Cohen | DFL | 1986 | data-sort-value="Murphy, Erin" | Erin Murphy | DFL | 40,174 | 78.68 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Anderson, Sharon" | Sharon Anderson | Republican | 7,471 | 14.63 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="McArdell, Patti" | Patti McArdell | 3,276 | 6.42 | |||||||
| 65 | Sandy Pappas | DFL | 1990 | data-sort-value="Pappas, Sandy" | Sandy Pappas | DFL | 31,463 | 81.47 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Holmgren, Paul" | Paul Holmgren | Republican | 7,044 | 18.24 | ||||||
| 66 | John Marty | DFL | 1986 | data-sort-value="Marty, John" | John Marty | DFL | 31,867 | 76.90 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Copeland, Greg" | Greg Copeland | Republican | 9,482 | 22.88 | ||||||
| 67 | Foung Hawj | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Hawj, Foung" | Foung Hawj | DFL | 24,008 | 73.86 | DFL | |
| data-sort-value="Deputie, Alexander" | Alexander Deputie | Republican | 8,407 | 25.86 | ||||||
| Republican | Jerry Relph | 14 | 2016 | Aric Putnam | DFL | |
| Paul Anderson | 44 | 2016 | Ann Johnson Stewart | DFL | ||
| Dan Hall | 56 | 2010 | Lindsey Port | DFL | ||
| DFL | Dan Sparks | 27 | 2002 | Gene Dornink | Republican | |
| Matt Little | 58 | 2016 | Zach Duckworth | Republican |
On November 18, 2020, longtime DFL senators Thomas M. Bakk and David Tomassoni announced they would be leaving the DFL party and form their own "Independent Caucus" in the state senate.[17] Majority Leader Paul Gazelka welcomed the move and promised to give both senators chairmanships on "prominent committees". This changed the senate composition to 34 Republicans, 31 Democrats, and two independents.