The elections make Minnesota more room for red in local races, but still for blue in the White House – InForum

ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s statewide election results largely reflected election predictions from Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, with the exception of the Minnesota House, which is now in a historic 67-67 tie.

Minnesota remained in its 52-year blue electoral college streak and sent its six incumbent women in the DFL to represent the state in Congress, along with four GOP representatives. The Minnesota Senate remains under DFL control after Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart won the District 45 special election seat.

In two nonpartisan elections, the Supreme Court re-elected all of its sitting members, and Minnesotans voted resoundingly in favor of renewing the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. See more on these statewide races below.

Donald J. Trump and JD Vance: 47%
Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz: 51%

While Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz lost the presidential race, they won Minnesota by 4%, maintaining the state’s 52-year blue streak. In 2020, President Joe Biden won Minnesota by 7%, and in 2016, Hillary Clinton won Minnesota by 1%.

According to the Minnesota Secretary of State, former President Donald J. Trump and running mate JD Vance received 47% of the vote in Minnesota. Harris and Walz earned 51% of the state.

Minnesota and Illinois were the only states in neighboring Midwestern states that remained blue. Wisconsin and Michigan turned red after voting for Biden in 2020.

Minnesota representatives maintained an even 4-4 split in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the DFL retained its two seats in the U.S. Senate.

All incumbent members of Congress were re-elected, with the exception of District 3, which had no incumbent after Dean Phillips left the race to make a presidential bid.

The US races represent a huge success for DFL women winning across the board. Morrison will be Congress’ only pro-choice OBGYN, according to DFL party chairman Ken Martin. None of the races fell within 10%, even the race labeled as the most competitive

US Senate

Incumbent U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar earned another term in Congress with a 56% victory over Republican challenger Royce White.

District 1

In Southern Minnesota’s District 1, Rachel Bohman won 42% of the vote, but lost to incumbent Republican Rep. Brad Finstad by 16 percentage points.

District 2

In Southeast Metro District 2, DFL incumbent Rep. Angie Craig earned 56% and defeated Republican Joe Teirab at 42% by 14 percentage points.

District 3

In Greater Hennepin County’s District 3, DFL Kelly Morrison captured 58% of the vote and defeated Republican Tad Jude, who earned 41%, by 17 percentage points.

District 4

In Ramsey County District 4, DFL incumbent Betty McCollum earned 67% and defeated Republican May Lor Xiong, who earned 33%. The win by a 34% margin was the third largest victory in Minnesota’s U.S. House races.

District 5

District 5 in Minneapolis posted the largest victory of any Minnesota Congressional race, with DFL incumbent Ilhan Omar winning 74% and defeating Republican Dalia Al-Aqidi by 49 percentage points.

District 6

In Northwest Metro and St. Cloud’s District 6, DFL Jeanne Hendricks took 37% and lost by 26 percentage points to incumbent Republican Tom Emmer, who took 63%.

District 7

In Western Minnesota’s District 7, DFL A. John Peters took 29% of the vote and lost to Republican incumbent Michelle Fischbach, who took 70%. The 41-point margin was the second-largest victory in Minnesota’s U.S. House races.

District 8

In Northeastern Minnesota’s District 8, DFL candidate Jen Schultz failed to unseat incumbent Rep. Pete Stauber. Schultz received 42% of the vote, compared to Stauber’s 58%, with a difference of 16 percentage points.

The Minnesota House

In Tuesday’s general election, the score was 67-67

This is evident from unofficial results from the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Early results Wednesday morning showed Republicans flipping three seats: 7B in the Iron Range, 26A in Winona and 18A in St. Peter. The turnover marks the first time since 1979 that the Minnesota House has been evenly divided along party lines.

Minnesota law does not explicitly state a protocol for a draw. When the 1978 election resulted in a tie in the House of Representatives, it set off a ripple effect of intense negotiations, committee wrangling, and lawsuits over unfair campaign practices, as captured in an article in the Minnesota House.

The DFL maintained control of the Senate in Tuesday’s elections by taking the District 45 special election seat. DFL candidate Ann Johnson Stewart came out on top in the race with a 5% margin over Republican Kathleen Fowke.

Stewart received 52% of the vote, while Fowke received 47%.

The special election was prompted by Kelly Morrison’s bid for Congress, which Morrison also won on Tuesday. Morrison’s race for Congress was prompted by Dean Phillip’s failed presidential bid.

Natalie Hudson took back the seat of Minnesota’s highest judge, and fellow judge Karl Procaccini, who was appointed to the court

court by Walz in 2023

took back his place.

Chief Justice

Incumbent Judge Natalie E. Hudson received 63% of the vote in Tuesday’s election, giving her victory, according to unofficial results. Challenger Stephen Emory received 36.2% of the vote.

Seat 5

According to the initial results, Anne K. McKeig earned re-election to the court with 98.73% of the vote.

Seat 6

Incumbent Karl Pracaccini won the sixth judicial seat and 57% of the votes on Tuesday evening. Matthew Hanson earned an estimated 43%.

The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

is a source of funding for conservation

that spends 40% of the proceeds from the state lottery on the outdoors. Approval means that the fund will be extended for another 25 years.

Yes: 2,524,586
No: 530,173
Estimated blank votes: 205,633
Estimated total number of voters: 3,260,392
Estimated percentage of yes votes: 77.43%