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Loner Blue
Loner Blue (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Minnesota. Blue lost in the Republican primary on August 13, 2024.
Elections
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| George Kalberer | 0.5 | 1,578 | ||
| 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 |
| Joe Fraser | 29.3 | 56,909 | ||
| 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 | |
| Total votes: 194,326 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Hilbrich (R)
- Gene Rechtzigel (R)
- Mike Ruoho (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Blue in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Minnesota
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Walz (D) | 52.3 | 1,312,349 |
 | Scott Jensen (R) | 44.6 | 1,119,941 | |
| James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 1.2 | 29,346 | ||
 | Steve Patterson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) | 0.9 | 22,599 | |
 | Hugh McTavish (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota) | 0.7 | 18,156 | |
| Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.3 | 7,241 | ||
| Joyce Lacey (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | |
| Mohamed Mourssi-Alfash (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Loner Blue (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Joshua Olgbolahan Jubril (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1,009 | ||
| Total votes: 2,510,661 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cory Hepola (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota
Incumbent Tim Walz defeated Ole Savior in the Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Walz | 96.5 | 416,973 |
| Ole Savior | 3.5 | 14,950 | |
| Total votes: 431,923 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota
Scott Jensen defeated Joyce Lacey and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Jensen | 89.3 | 288,499 |
| Joyce Lacey | 6.6 | 21,308 | |
 | Bob Carney Jr. | 4.1 | 13,213 | |
| Total votes: 323,020 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Murphy (R)
- Neil Shah (R)
- Michelle Benson (R)
- Paul Gazelka (R)
- Mike Marti (R)
- Kendall Qualls (R)
- Richard Stanek (R)
- Scott Magie (R)
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota
Steve Patterson defeated Darrell Paulsen in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Patterson | 59.1 | 1,003 |
| Darrell Paulsen | 40.9 | 693 | ||
| Total votes: 1,696 | |||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota
James McCaskel defeated Chris Wright in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James McCaskel | 51.9 | 1,461 | |
 | Chris Wright | 48.1 | 1,356 | |
| Total votes: 2,817 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Loner Blue did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Loner Blue did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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