2002 Minnesota Senate election

Minnesota Senate election, 2002

November 5, 2002(2002-11-05)
All 67 seats in theMinnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party GOP IPM Leader Roger Moe (retired) Dick Day Bob Lessard (retired) Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Independence Leader since 1980 July 9, 1997 January 3, 2001 Leader's seat 2nd–Erskine 26th–Owatonna 3rd–International Falls Last election 39 seats 27 seats 0 seats Seats before 39 26 2 Seats won 35 31 1 Seat change 4 5 1 Popular vote 1,080,975 994,454 73,439 Percentage 49.69% 45.71% 3.38%
Majority Leaderbefore election Roger Moe Democratic (DFL) ElectedMajority Leader John Hottinger Democratic (DFL)

The2002 Minnesota Senate electionwas held in theU.S. stateofMinnesotaon November 5, 2002, to elect members to theSenateof the83rdand84th Minnesota Legislatures.A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.

TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party(DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by theRepublican Party of Minnesota.The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002Minnesota Senateelection results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	66	1,080,975	49.69	35	4	52.24
	Republican Party of Minnesota	64	994,454	45.71	31	5	46.27
	Independence Party of Minnesota	17	73,439	3.38	1	1	1.49
	Green Party of Minnesota	8	19,315	0.89	0		0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	1	1,006	0.05	0		0.00
	Independent	1	2,614	0.12	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	3,606	0.17	0		0.00
Total			2,175,409	100.00	67	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			107,451	4.71
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)			2,282,860	64.89	5.22pp
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2002
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002