Sarah Wellington

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Sarah Wellington

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Legal Marijuana Now Party

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Last election

November 6, 2018

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Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent Minnesota. She lost in the special general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

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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See also

• United States Senate
• United States Senate special election in Minnesota, 2018

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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)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)