United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012

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2012 U.S. Senate Elections in Minnesota

Candidates • Polls • Election History

November 6 Election Winner: Amy Klobuchar

Incumbent prior to election: Amy Klobuchar

Cook Political Report Race Rating      Solid D (Prior to election)

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2012 U.S. House Elections

Voters in Minnesota will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the November 6, 2012 elections.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run is June 5, 2012. The primary elections will be held on August 14, 2012.

The election will fill the Class 1 Senate seat, which is currently held by Amy Klobuchar (D). First elected in 2006, Klobuchar is running for re-election in 2012.

Candidates

Democratic Primary

• Amy Klobuchar: Incumbent
• Dick Franson: Previous Democratic-Farmer-Labor party candidate
• Jack Shepard

Republican primary

• Joe Arwood: St. Bonifacius city council member
• Anthony Hernandez: Leader of a Latino Republican group
• Dan Severson: Former state representative

Race rating

Cook Political Report

Each month the Cook Political Report releases race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. There are seven possible designations:

     Solid Democratic
     Likely Democratic
     Lean Democratic

     Tossup

     Lean Republican
     Likely Republican
     Solid Republican

Cook Political Report Race Rating -- Minnesota Senate
Month	Rating
March 22, 2012
March 1, 2012
January 26, 2012
December 22, 2011
December 1, 2011

Election history

2008

On November 4, 2008, Al Franken won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Norm Coleman, Dean Barkley (I), Charles Aldrich (L), James Niemackl (C), Michael Cavlan (I, Write-In), and Anthony Keith Price (I, Write-In) in the general election.

U.S. Senate General Election, Minnesota, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Al Franken	42%	1,212,629
	Republican	Norm Coleman Incumbent	42%	1,212,317
	Independent	Dean Barkley	15.2%	437,505
	Liberterian	Charles Aldrich	0.5%	13,923
	Constitution	James Niemackl	0.3%	8,907
	Independent	Michael Cavlan	0%	13
	Independent	Anthony Keith Price	0%	12
	Independent	Write-In	0.1%	2,340
Total Votes				2,887,646

2006

On November 7, 2006, Amy Klobuchar won election to the United States Senate. She defeated Mark R. Kennedy (R), Robert Fitzgerald, (I), Michael James Cavlan (G), and Ben Powers (C) in the general election.

U.S. Senate General Election, Minnesota, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Klobuchar	58.1%	1,278,849
	Republican	Mark R. Kennedy	37.9%	835,653
	Independent	Robert Fitzgerald	3.2%	71,194
	Green	Michael James Calvan	0.5%	10,714
	Constitution	Ben Powers	0.2%	5,408
	Independent	Write-In	0%	954
Total Votes				2,202,772

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2012
• United States Senate elections, 2012