Minnesota Senate: Key Races

MPR News political reporter Tom Scheck has identified these races as indicators of which party will control the Senate.

District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	LeRoy Stumpf	60.5%	22,042
GOP	Steve Nordhagen	39.5%	14,391

District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Kent Eken	52.2%	19,833
GOP	Phil Hansen	47.8%	18,132

District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Tom Saxhaug	52.4%	21,301
GOP	John Carlson	47.6%	19,362

District 8 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Bill Ingebrigtsen	52.9%	22,712
DFL	Dan Skogen	47.1%	20,213

District 10 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Carrie Ruud	54.0%	22,848
DFL	Taylor Stevenson	46.0%	19,490

District 14 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	John Pederson	52.6%	19,352
DFL	Jerry McCarter	47.4%	17,434

District 17 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Lyle Koenen	55.5%	21,621
GOP	Joe Gimse	44.5%	17,350

District 20 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Kevin Dahle	50.1%	20,628
GOP	Mike Dudley	49.9%	20,547

District 21 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Matt Schmit	52.5%	21,937
GOP	John Howe	47.5%	19,846

District 22 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Bill Weber	52.8%	19,549
DFL	Alan Oberloh	47.2%	17,456

District 24 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Vicki Jensen	52.7%	19,248
GOP	Vern Swedin	47.3%	17,286

District 25 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Dave Senjem	53.8%	22,299
DFL	Judy Ohly	46.2%	19,149

District 27 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Dan Sparks	68.3%	26,554
GOP	Linden Anderson	31.7%	12,334

District 28 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Jeremy Miller	57.2%	23,122
DFL	Jack Krage	42.8%	17,303

District 36 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	John Hoffman	53.2%	22,194
GOP	Benjamin Kruse	46.8%	19,522

District 37 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Alice Johnson	53.3%	22,814
GOP	Pam Wolf	46.7%	19,962

District 39 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	Karin Housley	50.7%	23,385
DFL	Julie Bunn	49.3%	22,754

District 42 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Bev Scalze	55.7%	25,605
GOP	April King	44.3%	20,396

District 44 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Terri Bonoff	55.9%	27,203
GOP	David Gaither	44.1%	21,464

District 48 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
GOP	David Hann	51.4%	23,730
DFL	Laurie McKendry	48.6%	22,459

District 49 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Melisa Franzen	52.8%	26,893
GOP	Keith Downey	47.2%	24,045

District 53 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Susan Kent	52.2%	22,781
GOP	Ted Lillie	47.8%	20,857

District 57 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
DFL	Greg Clausen	54.2%	23,890
GOP	Pat Hall	45.8%	20,199

Source: Associated Press

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