Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey

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Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 11, 2020

Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Tawnja Zahradka in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Emmer (R)	65.7	270,901
		Tawnja Zahradka (D)	34.2	140,853
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	553

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 412,307
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Tawnja Zahradka advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tawnja Zahradka	100.0	29,445

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ian Todd (D)
• Aaron Aanerud (D)
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Patrick Munro in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Emmer	87.2	30,654
		Patrick Munro	12.8	4,518

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,172
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2018

See also: United States Senate special election in Minnesota, 2018

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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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith	76.1	433,705
		Richard Painter	13.7	78,193
		Ali Chehem Ali	3.3	18,897
	Submit photo	Gregg Iverson	3.1	17,825
		Nick Leonard	2.9	16,529
		Christopher Seymore	0.9	5,041

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,190
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Karin Housley defeated Bob Anderson and Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karin Housley	62.0	186,384
		Bob Anderson	35.6	107,102
	Submit photo	Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey	2.5	7,375

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 300,861
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2016

See also: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Betty McCollum (D) defeated Greg Ryan (R) and Susan Pendergast Sindt (Legal Marijuana Now) in the general election on November 8, 2016. McCollum defeated Steve Carlson in the Democratic primary, while Ryan defeated Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey and Gene Rechtzigel to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Betty McCollum Incumbent	57.8%	203,299
	Republican	Greg Ryan	34.4%	121,032
	Legal Marijuana Now	Susan Pendergast Sindt	7.7%	27,152
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	461
Total Votes				351,944
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

U.S. House, Minnesota District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Betty McCollum Incumbent	94%	33,336
Steve Carlson	6%	2,128
Total Votes		35,464
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

U.S. House, Minnesota District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Greg Ryan	82%	5,618
Gene Rechtzigel	12.3%	845
Nikolay Bey	5.7%	390
Total Votes		6,853
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2020

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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)

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