Patrick Munro

Patrick Munro (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Minnesota. He lost in the Republican primary on August 13, 2024.

Biography

Patrick Munro attended Edina High School. He earned bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in business administration from Metropolitan State University. Munro served in the United States Army and Army Reserve where he earned the rank of Master Sergeant. His career experience involves being an entrepreneur and a small owner.^[1]

Elections

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

	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

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

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

	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

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

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

See also: Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Ian Todd in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Emmer (R)	61.1	192,931
	Ian Todd (D)	38.7	122,332
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	463

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 315,726 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Ian Todd advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ian Todd	100.0	33,853

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,853
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated A.J. Kern and Patrick Munro in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Emmer	76.6	34,250
	A.J. Kern	17.7	7,897
	Patrick Munro	5.8	2,575

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,722
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2016

See also: Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Tom Emmer (R) defeated David Snyder (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Emmer defeated A.J. Kern and Patrick Munro in the Republican primary, while Snyder defeated Judy Evelyn Adams and Bob Helland to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, Minnesota District 6 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Emmer Incumbent	65.6%	235,380
	Democratic	David Snyder	34.3%	123,008
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	536
Total Votes				358,924
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Minnesota District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Snyder	46%	4,402
Judy Adams	37.3%	3,569
Bob Helland	16.7%	1,595
Total Votes		9,566
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Minnesota District 6 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Emmer Incumbent	68.7%	13,590
A.J. Kern	26.4%	5,219
Patrick Munro	4.9%	962
Total Votes		19,771
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2014

Munro ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent Minnesota. Munro sought the Republican nomination in the primary on August 12, 2014, but was defeated by Mike McFadden.^[4]

**U.S. Senate, Minnesota Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike McFadden	71.7%	129,601
Jim Abeler	14.8%	26,714
David Carlson	9.1%	16,449
Patrick Munro	2.8%	5,058
Ole Savior	1.6%	2,840
Total Votes		180,662
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Munro was defeated in the August 10 primary by Dave Brown.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Patrick Munro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Munro’s campaign website stated the following:

“

The List

Aggressively fight for Minnesota Manufacturers.
Aggressively fight for Minnesota Farmers.
Border Security.
Fiscal Responsibility/Balanced Budget Amendment.
Energy Security Through Domestic Production.
American's First Immigration Reform.
Made In America.
Economic Security For All Minnesotans.
Peace Through Strength.
Back the Blue 24/7 Eight Days a Week.
Term Limits.
Protect Women's Athletics and Title IX.
Protect Life- All Life Is Sacred. Conception to Old Age.
Balanced Trade.
Fight Globalism.
School Choice.
Constitutional Carry/Interstate Reciprocity. ^[5]

”

—Patrick Munro’s campaign website (2024)^[6]

2020

Patrick Munro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Munro's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“

Veterans: The first piece of legislation I will create and fight for as the congressman from Minnesota's 6th District will be to give precedence in federal hiring to the immediate family members of our Service Men and Women, and also to the immediate family members of our Veterans.

Federal Drug Testing: The Federal Drug Testing Act will require that all elected and appointed federal employees will have to consent to random drug testing, so the public knows that our federal elected and appointed personnel are of sound mind, body, and spirit. Members of our armed forces are required to live under drug testing regulations.

Article V: I support the use of Article V of the United States Constitution to provide the reforms needed to restore our republic to its constitution.

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”

—Patrick Munro's campaign website, http://www.patrickmunro.com/home.html

Campaign finance summary

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Patrick Munro campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Patrick D. Munro For The United States Senate, "Candidate Bio," accessed August 2, 2024
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
↑ Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
↑ Associated Press, "Minnesota - 2014 Primary Results," accessed August 12, 2014
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Patrick Munro’s campaign website, “Promises,” accessed August 2, 2024

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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)

[orgbio-1] Patrick D. Munro For The United States Senate, "Candidate Bio," accessed August 2, 2024

[list16-2] Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016

[primaryresults16-3] Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016

[ap-4] Associated Press, "Minnesota - 2014 Primary Results," accessed August 12, 2014

[quotedisclaimer-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[6] Patrick Munro’s campaign website, “Promises,” accessed August 2, 2024

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Patrick Munro

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6

2016

2014

2010

Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign website

2020

2016

Campaign finance summary

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