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Doron Clark
Doron Clark (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 60. He assumed office on February 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.
Clark (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 60. He won in the special general election on January 28, 2025.
Biography
Doron Clark earned a bachelor's degree from Hamline University. His career experience includes working as an ethics and compliance officer.[1]
2025 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the January 28, special election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Doron Clark (D) defeated Abigail Wolters (R) in the special election for District 60 in the Minnesota Senate on January 28, 2025.
The district was vacant due to the death of state Sen. Kari Dziedzic (D) on Dec. 27, 2024.[2] Her death left a vacancy that turned Democrats' 34-33 majority in the Senate into a 33-33 tie. Democrats and Republicans established a power-sharing agreement until the election was held. The agreement allowed both parties to chair committees and to not change any Senate rules.[3] As a result, this election determined majority control, which the Democrats won. For more information on the agreement and the effects of the vacancy on the Senate, click here.
Clark was a community organizer.[4] He said he was running to continue the work of Sen. Dziedzic. He said, "No one can ever fill Kari Dziedzic’s shoes, but I will do everything in my power to live up to her legacy."[5] He campaigned on improving education and said, "We need to more fully fund education. I’d start with how we fund school lunches."[4] Clark also campaigned on housing and said, "We have a housing emergency. We’ve got encampments here, and we’ve got to fix that now."[4]
Wolters was a software engineer.[6] She said she was running because she believed "Minneapolis would benefit from having a conservative voice representing us in the state legislature. The Minnesota legislature needs balance when discussing issues specific to...Minneapolis."[5] She campaigned on public safety saying, "I’m...looking forward to taking crime more seriously. I think there’s been a lot of violent crime in the past four years, and some of that comes from people who aren’t documented."[4] Wolters also focused on reducing spending, and her website said she would "advocate for responsible budgeting to reduce waste and fraud to keep more money in your pocket."[6]
In 2022, Dziedzic ran unopposed, winning 98.7% of the vote. The last time the seat was contested was in 2020 when Dziedzic defeated Mary Holmberg (R) 85.7% to 14.1%. For more information on past election results in the district, click here.
Minnesota had a divided government. The governorship was held by Democrat Tim Walz, the state House was held by Republicans pending a special election, and the state Senate was divided pending a special election. Since 1992, Minnesota had a divided government with the exception of 2013-2015 and 2023-2025 when Democrats held a trifecta. To read more about Minnesota's historical party control, click here.
This election was the fifth scheduled special election for a state legislature in 2025. Since 2012, Minnesota had held twenty special elections for state legislative seats. Elections for Senate District 45 in 2024, Senate District 11 in 2019, and Senate District 13 in 2018 were covered by Ballotpedia. For more information on state legislative special elections taking place in 2025, click here.
In addition to the Senate, the Minnesota House of Representatives also had vacancies that delayed the start of the legislative session. For more information on Minnesota's 2025 legislative session, click here.
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: Minnesota state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Minnesota State Senate District 60
Doron Clark defeated Abigail Wolters in the special general election for Minnesota State Senate District 60 on January 28, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doron Clark (D) | 90.9 | 7,783 |
 | Abigail Wolters (R) | 8.7 | 746 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 8,561 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 60
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 60 on January 14, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doron Clark | 38.1 | 2,073 |
| Monica Meyer | 34.6 | 1,882 | ||
 | Peter Wagenius | 23.2 | 1,262 | |
| Amal Karim | 1.7 | 93 | ||
 | Iris Altamirano | 1.4 | 74 | |
| Joshua Preston | 0.5 | 29 | ||
| Emilio Rodríguez | 0.4 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 5,436 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mohamed Jama (D) (Unofficially withdrew)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 60
Abigail Wolters defeated Christopher Robin Zimmerman in the special Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 60 on January 14, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abigail Wolters | 72.2 | 153 |
 | Christopher Robin Zimmerman | 27.8 | 59 | |
| Total votes: 212 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Clark in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
Scorecards
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Minnesota State Senate District 60 |
Officeholder Minnesota State Senate District 60 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota State Senate, "Senator Doron Clark," accessed March 10, 2025
- ↑ MPR News, "Kari Dziedzic, former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader, dies at 62," December 29, 2024
- ↑ FOX 9, "Minnesota Senate GOP, DFL reach power-sharing agreement," January 13, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 MPR News, "Senate District 60 primary results: 9 candidates running in election to decide control of the Minnesota Senate," January 14, 2025
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 MPR News, "DFLer Doron Clark, Republican Abigail Wolters win primary in Senate District 60 special election," January 15, 2025
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Abigail Wolters 2024 campaign website, "A Fresh Perspective to Build Bridges for a Stronger Minnesota," accessed January 16, 2024
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| Preceded by Kari Dziedzic (D) |
Minnesota State Senate District 60 2025-Present |
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