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Mary O'Connor (Minnesota)

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Last election

November 8, 2022

Mary O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 38. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

O'Connor ran for lieutenant governor of Minnesota in 2018. She ran on a joint ticket with the gubernatorial nominee, Josh Welter (L).

O'Connor was a Libertarian Party candidate for Minnesota Attorney General in the 2014 elections.[1] O'Connor lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 38

Susan Pha defeated Brad Kohler and Mary O'Connor in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 38 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pha
Susan Pha (D)
 
63.9
 
14,116
Image of Brad Kohler
Brad Kohler (R) Candidate Connection
 
28.7
 
6,337
Image of Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
7.3
 
1,602
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
33

Total votes: 22,088
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38

Susan Pha defeated Huldah Hiltsley in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pha
Susan Pha
 
61.6
 
3,100
Image of Huldah Hiltsley
Huldah Hiltsley Candidate Connection
 
38.4
 
1,930

Total votes: 5,030
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38

Brad Kohler advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brad Kohler
Brad Kohler Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,506

Total votes: 1,506
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38

Mary O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota State Senate District 38 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor
 
100.0
 
55

Total votes: 55
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B

Incumbent Samantha Vang defeated Charlotte Smith and Mary O'Connor in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Samantha Vang
Samantha Vang (D)
 
62.8
 
11,370
Charlotte Smith (R)
 
25.3
 
4,574
Image of Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
11.9
 
2,147
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Total votes: 18,107
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Samantha Vang advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Charlotte Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B.

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Mary O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Peggy Flanagan defeated Donna Bergstrom, Judith Schwartzbacker, and Mary O'Connor in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan (D)
 
53.8
 
1,393,096
Image of Donna Bergstrom
Donna Bergstrom (R)
 
42.4
 
1,097,705
Judith Schwartzbacker (Grassroots Party)
 
2.7
 
68,667
Image of Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor (L)
 
1.0
 
26,735
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1,084

Total votes: 2,587,287
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Peggy Flanagan defeated Erin Maye Quade, Rick Nolan, James Mellin II, and Chris Edman in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan
 
41.6
 
242,832
Image of Erin Maye Quade
Erin Maye Quade
 
32.0
 
186,969
Image of Rick Nolan
Rick Nolan
 
24.6
 
143,517
James Mellin II
 
1.1
 
6,398
Chris Edman
 
0.7
 
4,019

Total votes: 583,735
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Donna Bergstrom defeated incumbent Michelle Fischbach and Theresa Loeffler in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Bergstrom
Donna Bergstrom
 
52.6
 
168,841
Image of Michelle Fischbach
Michelle Fischbach
 
43.9
 
140,743
Theresa Loeffler
 
3.5
 
11,330

Total votes: 320,914
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2014

See also: Minnesota attorney general election, 2014

O'Connor ran for election to the office of Minnesota Attorney General.[1] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Results

Secretary of State of Minnesota, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Simon 47% 901,450
     Republican Dan Severson 45.9% 879,022
     Independence Bob Helland 4.9% 94,065
     Libertarian Bob Odden 2.1% 40,729
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.1% 1,134
Total Votes 1,916,400
Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Mary O'Connor campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Minnesota State Senate District 38Lost general$0 $0
Grand total$0 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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