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Jennifer Carnahan
Jennifer Carnahan (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 6. She lost in the special Republican primary on April 15, 2025.
Carnahan was also a 2016 Republican candidate for District 59 of the Minnesota State Senate.
Carnahan served as chair of the Minnesota Republican Party from 2017 to 2021.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Minnesota state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Minnesota State Senate District 6
Keri Heintzeman defeated Denise Slipy in the special general election for Minnesota State Senate District 6 on April 29, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keri Heintzeman (R) | 60.3 | 12,752 |
| Denise Slipy (D) | 39.6 | 8,376 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 21,158 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 6
Denise Slipy advanced from the special Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 6 on April 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Denise Slipy | 100.0 | 1,195 | |
| Total votes: 1,195 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Samuel Patrick Grigsby (D)
- Nicky Hardy (D)
- Emily LeClaire (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 6
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 6 on April 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keri Heintzeman | 46.8 | 3,404 |
| John Howe | 15.5 | 1,127 | ||
| Jennifer Carnahan | 11.2 | 812 | ||
| Josh Gazelka | 9.3 | 679 | ||
| Steve Cotariu | 6.3 | 458 | ||
| Angela Zierden | 5.6 | 407 | ||
| Doug Kern | 5.0 | 363 | ||
| Matthew Zinda | 0.4 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 7,278 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carnahan in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District special election, 2022
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1
Brad Finstad defeated Jeff Ettinger, Richard Reisdorf, and Haroun McClellan in the special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Finstad (R) | 50.7 | 59,788 |
 | Jeff Ettinger (D) | 46.8 | 55,155 | |
 | Richard Reisdorf (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 1.3 | 1,536 | |
 | Haroun McClellan (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) | 0.7 | 865 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 548 | ||
| Total votes: 117,892 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Ettinger | 64.4 | 12,130 |
 | Sarah Brakebill-Hacke | 13.2 | 2,492 | |
 | Richard Painter | 9.1 | 1,718 | |
| Candice Deal-Bartell | 6.2 | 1,158 | ||
| James Rainwater | 2.4 | 446 | ||
 | Rick DeVoe | 2.0 | 379 | |
| Warren Anderson | 1.9 | 363 | ||
| George Kalberer | 0.7 | 137 | ||
| Total votes: 18,823 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Finstad | 38.1 | 13,695 |
 | Jeremy Munson | 36.9 | 13,268 | |
| Jennifer Carnahan | 8.0 | 2,887 | ||
| Matt Benda | 7.3 | 2,629 | ||
 | Nels Pierson | 5.2 | 1,878 | |
| Kevin Kocina | 2.7 | 960 | ||
 | Bob Carney Jr. | 0.5 | 193 | |
 | Roger Ungemach | 0.4 | 151 | |
| J.R. Ewing | 0.4 | 142 | ||
 | Ken Navitsky (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.4 | 127 | |
| Total votes: 35,930 | |||
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election
Special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1
Haroun McClellan advanced from the special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Haroun McClellan | 100.0 | 194 |
| Total votes: 194 | |||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1
Richard Reisdorf advanced from the special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Reisdorf | 100.0 | 363 |
| Total votes: 363 | |||
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2016
- See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.
Incumbent Bobby Joe Champion defeated Jennifer Carnahan in the Minnesota State Senate District 59 general election.[2][3]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 59 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Bobby Joe Champion Incumbent |
77.90% | 27,541 | |
| Republican | Jennifer Carnahan | 22.10% | 7,814 | |
| Total Votes | 35,355 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Bobby Joe Champion defeated Patwin Lawrence in the Minnesota State Senate District 59 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 59 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bobby Joe Champion Incumbent |
81.99% | 4,020 | |
| Democratic | Patwin Lawrence | 18.01% | 883 | |
| Total Votes | 4,903 | |||
Jennifer Carnahan ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 59 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 59 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Jennifer Carnahan (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Carnahan was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Minnesota.[6] In the Minnesota Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016, Marco Rubio won 17 delegates, Ted Cruz won 13, and Donald Trump won eight. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Carnahan was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Minnesota’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Minnesota to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Minnesota were bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate "withdrew" from the race prior to the convention.
Minnesota caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2016
| Minnesota Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Donald Trump | 21.4% | 24,473 | 8 | |
| Marco Rubio |
36.2% | 41,397 | 17 | |
| Ted Cruz | 29% | 33,181 | 13 | |
| John Kasich | 5.7% | 6,565 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.4% | 8,422 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.2% | 207 | 0 | |
| Totals | 114,245 | 38 | ||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Minnesota had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 85 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large and district-level delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[8][9]
Personal
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Carnahan was married to U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R).
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Fox9 KMSP, "Jennifer Carnahan resigns as Minnesota GOP chairwoman," August 19, 2021
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ MN GOP, "National Delegates and Alternates," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
