| Election Name: | 1982 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1957 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1978 (special) |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1982 |
| Image1: | DavidDurenberger.jpg |
| Nominee1: | David Durenberger |
| Party1: | Independent-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 949,207 |
| Percentage1: | 52.60% |
| Nominee2: | Mark Dayton |
| Party2: | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 840,401 |
| Percentage2: | 46.57% |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | David Durenberger |
| Before Party: | Independent-Republican Party |
| After Election: | David Durenberger |
| After Party: | Independent-Republican Party |
The 1982 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David Durenberger was reelected to a second term (his first full term) over DFL nominee Mark Dayton.[1]
Dayton, 35, self-financed his campaign. Married to a Rockefeller and heir to a department store, his net worth was an estimated $30 million. Durenberger won the special election to finish the term of the late Hubert Humphrey. He was considered a moderate, but supported Reagan's tax cuts. Dayton ran against Reaganomics. He has also campaigned against tax breaks for the wealthy and even promised "to close tax loopholes for the rich and the corporations—and if you think that includes the Daytons, you're right."[2] Dayton spent over $7 million, Durenberger over $4 million.[3]