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The 2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a United States Senator from Minnesota. Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar was reelected in a landslide. This election was held alongside a
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for Minnesota's other Senate seat, which was held by
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until he resigned in January 2018. U.S. House elections, a
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, State House elections, and other elections were also held. The candidate filing deadline was June 5, 2018, and the primary election was held on August 14, 2018.


Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary


Candidates


Nominated

* Amy Klobuchar, incumbent U.S. Senator


Eliminated in primary

* Steve Carlson * Stephen A. Emery * David R. Groves * Leonard J. Richards


Endorsements


Results


Republican primary


Candidates


Nominated

*
Jim Newberger James Newberger (born March 6, 1964) is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented District 15B in the state's central part. He was t ...
, state representative (Minnesota GOP convention endorsed)


Eliminated in primary

* Merrill Anderson, Past Candidate (Mayor of Minneapolis), Past Candidate (Governor of Minnesota) * Rae Hart Anderson *
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, 2016 Reform Party Presidential Nominee and perennial candidate


Declined

*
Tim Pawlenty Timothy James Pawlenty (; born November 27, 1960) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 39th governor of Minnesota from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Pawlenty served in the Minnesota House o ...
, former
governor of Minnesota The governor of Minnesota is the head of government of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty people have been governor of Minnesota, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. ...
( running for governor)


Endorsements


Results


Minor parties and independents


Candidates

* Paula M. Overby (
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) *Dennis Schuller (
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)


General election


Predictions


Debates

On August 24,
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hosted a debate between Amy Klobuchar and
Jim Newberger James Newberger (born March 6, 1964) is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented District 15B in the state's central part. He was t ...
at the
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.


Fundraising


Polling


Results

Klobuchar won the election by a margin of 24.10%. She carried a clear majority of the state's 87 counties, won every congressional district, and had the biggest statewide margin of any statewide candidate in
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in 2018. Klobuchar ran up huge margins in the state's population centers and trounced Newberger in the counties encompassing the
Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
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area. As in her 2012 victory, she also won many rural counties. Klobuchar was sworn in for a third term on January 3, 2019.


By congressional district

Klobuchar won all of 8 congressional districts.


Voter demographics


See also

*
2018 Minnesota elections A general election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2018. All of Minnesota's executive officers were up for election as well as all the seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives, several judicial seats, two United ...


References


External links


Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of StateCandidates
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