2000 Minnesota Senate election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Minnesota Senate election, 2000
| country = Minnesota
| flag_year = 1983
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Minnesota Senate election, 1996
| previous_year = 1996
| next_election = Minnesota Senate election, 2002
| next_year = 2002
| seats_for_election = All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
| majority_seats = 34
| election_date = {{Start date|2000|11|07}}
| image1 = Roger_Moe.jpg
| leader1 = Roger Moe
| party1 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| leader_since1 = 1980
| leaders_seat1 = 2nd–Erskine
| last_election1 = 42 seats
| seats_before1 = 40
| seats1 = 39
| seat_change1 = {{Decrease}}1
| popular_vote1 = 1,219,497
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| leader2 = Dick Day
| party2 = Republican Party of Minnesota
| leader_since2 = July 9, 1997
| leaders_seat2 = 28th–Owatonna
| last_election2 = 24 seats
| seats_before2 = 26
| seats2 = 27
| seat_change2 = {{Increase}}1
| popular_vote2 = 1,040,132
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| title = Majority Leader
| before_election = Roger Moe
| before_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| after_election = Roger Moe
| after_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| map_image = {{switcher
| Districts by margins of victory
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|Districts by party won
|default=1
}}
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The 2000 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the Senate of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota and one independent. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2001.
Results
class="wikitable"
|+ Summary of the November 7, 2000 Minnesota Senate election results |
rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Candidates ! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="3" | Seats |
---|
{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! ∆{{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! % |
style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | align="right" | 67 | align="right" | 1,219,497 | align="right" | 39 | align="right" | {{Increase}}1 | align="right" | 58.21 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | align="right" | 64 | align="right" | 1,040,132 | align="right" | 27 | align="right" | {{Decrease}}1 | align="right" | 40.30 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Independence Party of Minnesota}}" |
| Independence Party of Minnesota | align="right" | 10 | align="right" | 29,534 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | {{steady}} | align="right" | 0.00 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Constitution Party of Minnesota}}" |
| Constitution Party of Minnesota | align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 7,078 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | {{steady}} | align="right" | 0.00 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="right" | 2 | align="right" | 20,380 | align="right" | 1 | align="right" | {{steady}} | align="right" | 1.49 |
colspan="4" align="left" | Total
| align="right" | 67 | align="right" | ±0 | align="right" | 100.00 |
colspan="2" align="left" | Turnout (out of 3,506,432 eligible voters){{cite web | url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1744/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2014.pdf | title=Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014 | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=August 13, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| colspan="1" align="right" | 2,458,303 | colspan="2" align="right" | 70.11% | colspan="2" align="right" | {{Increase}}3.50 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}} |
colspan="7" | {{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,{{cite web | url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateSenate/22?districttype=SN | title=Results for all State Senators | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=January 16, 2018}} Minnesota Legislative Reference Library{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus?body=s | title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | access-date=October 30, 2015}}}} |
See also
References
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