1902 Minnesota Senate election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1902 Minnesota Senate election

| party2 = Democratic Party of Minnesota

| before_election = Albert Williams

| title = President pro-tempore

| percentage1 = 64.4%

| popular_vote1 = 158,204

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}7

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}5

| seats2 = 12

| leader_since2 =

| leader_since1 =

| leader2 =

| image2 =

DEM

| after_election = Richard Thompson

| percentage2 = 30.2%

| popular_vote2 = 74,235

| leaders_seat1 =

| country = Minnesota

| party1 = Republican Party of Minnesota

| after_party = Republican

| seats1 = 51

| next_election = 1906 Minnesota Senate election

| leaders_seat2 =

| majority_seats = 32

| image1 =

GOP

| election_date = {{Start date|1902|11|04}}

| seats_for_election = All 63 seats in the Minnesota Senate

| next_year = 1906

| map_image = File:MNSen1902.svg

| before_party = Republican

| previous_year = 1898

| previous_election = 1898 Minnesota Senate election

| ongoing = no

| type = legislative

| flag_year = 1893

| leader1 =

| map_size = 300px

}}

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The 1902 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1902, to elect members to the Senate of the 33rd and 34th Minnesota Legislatures.

Two years after Democrat John Lind lost the governorship to Republican Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, the Minnesota Democratic Party was set to lose seats in the Senate. Without Lind, the Party lost the third party support that they had consolidated in 1898. The People's Party ran candidates against a handful of Democratic candidates in rural areas, hurting Democratic prospects.

The Minnesota Republican Party won a large majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Democratic Party. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1903.

16 Republicans and 3 Democrats ran uncontested.{{Cite book|title=1903 Minnesota Legislative Manual|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|year=1903|pages=520–528}}

Results

class="wikitable"

|+Summary of the November 4, 1902 Minnesota Senate election results

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party

! rowspan="2" |Candidates

! colspan="2" |Votes

! rowspan="2" |Seats

#

!%

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |

|Republican Party

| align="right" |60

| align="right" |158,204

| align="right" |54.42

| align="right" |51

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party of Minnesota}}" |

|Democratic Party

| align="right" |41

| align="right" |74,235

| align="right" |30.23

| align="right" |12

style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party (United States)}}" |

|People's Party

| align="right" |6

| align="right" |9,468

| align="right" |3.86

| align="right" |0

style="background-color:{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

|Prohibition Party

| align="right" |3

| align="right" |589

| align="right" |0.24

| align="right" |0

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

|Independent

| align="right" |2

| align="right" |2,836

| align="right" |1.15

| align="right" |0

colspan="3" align="left" |Total

| align="right" |245,578

| align="right" |100.00

| align="right" |63

colspan="6" |{{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/mngov/electionresults|title=Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|access-date=2020-01-08}}

See also

References

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