List of United States Senators from Minnesota

This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Minnesota.

Current members

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota are:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. Senate Minnesota	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2031
U.S. Senate Minnesota	Tina Smith	Democratic	January 3, 2018	January 3, 2027

Election history

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

Class I

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2024 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, to the end of the 121st Congress on January 3, 2031.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Royce White, Rebecca Whiting, and Joyce Lacey in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Klobuchar (D)	56.2	1,792,441
		Royce White (R)	40.5	1,291,712
		Rebecca Whiting (L)	1.7	55,215
		Joyce Lacey (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota)	1.5	46,377
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3,578

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,189,323
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Steve Carlson, Ahmad Hassan, Ole Savior, and George Kalberer in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Klobuchar	94.3	305,055
		Steve Carlson	2.9	9,535
		Ahmad Hassan	1.5	4,891
		Ole Savior	0.8	2,478
	Submit photo	George Kalberer	0.5	1,578

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,537
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Derek Logan (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Royce White	38.5	74,814
	Submit photo	Joe Fraser	29.3	56,909
	Submit photo	Raymond Petersen	8.4	16,237
		Alycia Gruenhagen	7.7	15,017
		John Berman	7.3	14,158
		Patrick Munro	4.9	9,444
		Christopher Seymore	2.6	5,020
		Loner Blue	1.4	2,727

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194,326
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Hilbrich (R)
• Gene Rechtzigel (R)
• Mike Ruoho (R)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Jim Newberger, Dennis Schuller, and Paula Overby in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Klobuchar (D)	60.3	1,566,174
		Jim Newberger (R)	36.2	940,437
		Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	2.6	66,236
		Paula Overby (G)	0.9	23,101
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	931

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,596,879 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2012

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Klobuchar Incumbent	65.2%	1,854,595
	Republican	Kurt Bills	30.5%	867,974
	Independence	Stephen Williams	2.6%	73,539
	Grassroots	Tim Davis	1.1%	30,531
	Progressive	Michael Cavlan	0.5%	13,986
Total Votes				2,843,207
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

2006

On November 7, 2006, 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

Class II

Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class II terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith (D)	48.8	1,566,522
		Jason Lewis (R)	43.6	1,398,145
		Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	5.8	185,064
		Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	1.8	57,174
	Submit photo	Rob Barrett Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	22
		George Dennis Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
		Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3
		John Berman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2
	Submit photo	Jason Shaver (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Josh Ondich (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,261

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,209,198
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Paula Overby, Ahmad Hassan, Steve Carlson, and Christopher Seymore in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith	87.1	497,501
		Paula Overby	5.3	30,497
		Ahmad Hassan	3.5	20,037
		Steve Carlson	2.9	16,429
		Christopher Seymore	1.1	6,480

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,944 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexandra Marie Holker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Jason Lewis defeated Cynthia Gail, John Berman, Bob Carney Jr., and James Reibestein in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Lewis	78.1	191,288
	Submit photo	Cynthia Gail	7.2	17,675
		John Berman	6.6	16,212
		Bob Carney Jr.	4.3	10,503
	Submit photo	James Reibestein	3.8	9,210

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,888 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Forest Hyatt (R)
• Christopher Chamberlin (R)
• Theron Preston Washington (R)
• Rob Barrett Jr. (R)

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Oliver Steinberg advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Oliver Steinberg	100.0	3,275

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,275 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Kevin O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin O'Connor	100.0	6,996

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,996 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

A special election for Minnesota's Class 2 Senate seat was held on November 6, 2018. Tina Smith (D), who was appointed to succeed former Senator Al Franken (D), won the election to serve out the remainder of Franken's term, ending in January 2021.

General election

Special general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Karin Housley, Sarah Wellington, and Jerry Trooien in the special general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith (D)	53.0	1,370,540
		Karin Housley (R)	42.4	1,095,777
	Submit photo	Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	3.7	95,614
	Submit photo	Jerry Trooien (Unaffiliated)	0.9	24,324
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,101

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,587,356 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2014

On November 4, 2014, Al Franken (D) won re-election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated Mike McFadden (R), Heather Johnson (L) and Steve Carlson (Independence) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Al Franken Incumbent	53.2%	1,053,205
	Republican	Mike McFadden	42.9%	850,227
	Libertarian	Heather Johnson	1.5%	29,685
	Independence	Steve Carlson	2.4%	47,530
	N/A	Write-in	0%	881
Total Votes				1,981,528
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2008

On November 4, 2008, Al Franken (D) won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Norm Coleman (R), 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. He won election after a hand recount of the vote and a legal battle that concluded in June 2009.

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 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
	Libertarian	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

2002

Norm Coleman was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2012. Walter Mondale replaced Paul Wellstone on the ticket, following Wellstone's death on October 25, 2002.

U.S. Senate, Minnesota, General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Norm Coleman	49.5%	1,116,697
	Democratic	Walter F. Mondale	47.3%	1,067,246
	Democratic	Paul Wellstone	0.5%	11,381
	Independence	Jim Moore	2%	45,139
	Green	Ray Tricomo	0.4%	10,119
	Constitution	Miro Drago Kovatchevich	0.1%	2,254
	N/A	Ed McGaa	0%	7
	N/A	Dick Franson	0%	3
	N/A	Michelle Harbeck	0%	3
	N/A	Write-In	0.1%	1,790
Total Votes				2,254,639
Source: U.S. Congress, "Official Election Results, 2002 General Election"

Historical members

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Minnesota
Party	Total
Republican	23
Democratic	14
Farmer-Labor	3
Independent	1

Class 1 Senators from Minnesota
Senator	Years Served	Party
Henry M. Rice	1858-1863	Democratic
Alexander Ramsey	1863-1875	Republican
Samuel J. R. McMillan	1875-1887	Republican
Cushman K. Davis	1887-1900	Republican
Charles A. Towne	1900-1901	Democratic
Moses E. Clapp	1901-1917	Republican
Frank B. Kellogg	1917-1923	Republican
Henrik Shipstead	1923-1947	Republican
Edward J. Thye	1947-1959	Republican
Eugene J. McCarthy	1959-1971	Democratic
Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.	1971-1978	Democratic
Muriel B. Humphrey	1978-1978	Democratic
David F. Durenberger	1978-1995	Republican
Rod Grams	1995-2001	Republican
Mark Dayton	2001-2007	Democratic
Amy Klobuchar	2007-Present	Democratic

Class 2 Senators from Minnesota
Senator	Years Served	Party
James Shields	1858-1859	Democratic
Morton S. Wilkinson	1859-1865	Republican
Daniel S. Norton	1865-1870	Republican
William Windom	1870-1883	Republican
Ozora P. Stearns	1871-1871	Republican
A. J. Edgerton	1881-1881	Republican
Dwight M. Sabin	1883-1889	Republican
William D. Washburn	1889-1895	Republican
Knute Nelson	1895-1923	Republican
Magnus Johnson	1923-1925	Farmer-Labor
Thomas D. Schall	1925-1935	Republican
Elmer A. Benson	1935-1936	Farmer-Labor
Guy V. Howard	1936-1937	Republican
Ernest Lundeen	1937-1940	Farmer-Labor
Joseph H. Ball	1940-1942 and 1943-1949	Republican
Arthur E. Nelson	1942-1943	Republican
Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.	1949-1964	Democratic
Walter F. Mondale	1964-1976	Democratic
Wendell R. Anderson	1976-1978	Democratic
Rudy Boschwitz	1978-1991	Republican
Paul D. Wellstone	1991-2002	Democratic
Dean Barkley	2002-2003	Independent
Norm Coleman	2003-2009	Republican
Al Franken	2009-2018	Democratic
Tina Smith	2018 - Present	Democratic

See also

• United States Senate
• United States congressional delegations from Minnesota
• Classes of United States Senators

Footnotes

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Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Amy Klobuchar (D)

Tina Smith (D)

Representatives

District 1

Brad Finstad (R)

District 2

Angie Craig (D)

District 3

Kelly Morrison (D)

District 4

Betty McCollum (D)

District 5

Ilhan Omar (D)

District 6

Tom Emmer (R)

District 7

Michelle Fischbach (R)

District 8

Pete Stauber (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)