Minnesota Senate election, 2006

Minnesota Senate election, 2006

November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Johnson Dick Day Party DFL Republican Leader since January 13, 2004 July 9, 1997 Leader's seat 13th–Willmar (defeated) 26th–Owatonna Last election 35 seats, 49.69% 31 seats, 45.71% Seats before 38 29 Seats won 44 23 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 1,183,319 925,978 Percentage 55.31% 43.28% Swing 5.62 pp 2.43 pp

Majority Leader before election Dean Johnson DFL Elected Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller DFL

The 2006 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the Senate of the 85th and 86th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held in several districts on September 12, 2006.

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 3, 2007.

Results

Summary of the November 7, 2006 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	66	1,183,319	55.31	5.62	44	6	65.67
	Republican Party of Minnesota	66	925,978	43.28	2.43	23	6	34.33
	Independence Party of Minnesota	7	13,886	0.65	2.73	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	5,431	0.25	0.64	0		0.00
	Independent	1	5,428	0.25	0.25	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	5,280	0.25	0.08	0		0.00
Total			2,139,322	100.00	±0.00	67	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			78,496	3.54	1.17
Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[1]			2,217,818	60.47	4.42
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2006
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2006

References

External links

• Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2006 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State

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