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Iris Altamirano
Iris Altamirano (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 60. She lost in the special Democratic primary on January 14, 2025.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 Altamirano in this election.
2014
The election in Minneapolis featured five seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. The primary election was held on August 12, 2014. Incumbent Rebecca Gagnon ran against six challengers to retain her at-large seat. Two newcomers, Nelson Inz and Jay Larson, competed for the District 5 seat. District 1 incumbent Jenny Arneson and District 3 newcomer Siad Ali ran unopposed to win their seats. In addition to Arneson and Ali, Gagnon and challenger Don Samuels won the two at-large seats, and Inz won the District 5 seat.
Results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Rebecca Gagnon Incumbent |
33.6% | 56,901 | |
| Nonpartisan | Don Samuels |
28.5% | 48,280 | |
| Nonpartisan | Iris Altamirano | 26.1% | 44,213 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ira Jourdain | 11.1% | 18,808 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.8% | 1,357 | |
| Total Votes | 169,559 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - Minneapolis," accessed November 5, 2014 | ||||
Primary election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Rebecca Gagnon Incumbent |
30.9% | 11,888 | |
| Nonpartisan | Don Samuels |
27.5% | 10,562 | |
| Nonpartisan | Iris Altamirano |
22.5% | 8,661 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ira Jourdain |
5.9% | 2,249 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Mann | 5.7% | 2,199 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soren Christian Sorensen | 4.5% | 1,727 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew Minck | 2.9% | 1,132 | |
| Total Votes | 38,418 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - Minneapolis," accessed August 12, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Altamirano reported $44,399.31 in contributions and $44,398.87 in expenditures during the election, which left her with $0.24 on hand according to the Hennepin County Elections office.[1]
Endorsements
Altamirano received endorsements from the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), the Service Employees International Union Minnesota State Council, the Star Tribune and multiple state and local officials listed here.[2][3][4][5]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Iris Altamirano did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
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.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Hennepin County Elections, "Campaign Finance Registration & Reporting," accessed December 15, 2014
- ↑ Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, "2014 School Board Endorsed Candidates," accessed November 1, 2014
- ↑ SEIU Minnesota State Council, "SEIU Minnesota State Council Endorses Iris Altamirano For Minneapolis School Board," April 24, 2014
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Endorsement: Altamirano, Inz, Samuels for Minneapolis school board," October 23, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "Iris For School Board," accessed November 1, 2014
