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

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| Districts by margins of victory

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|Districts by party won

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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

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|+ 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)}}" |

| Independent

| 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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