Minnesota U.S. Senate election history

Every Minnesota U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Minnesota Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Royce White	15.7	3,189,323
2020	Class II	Tina Smith	Democratic	Jason Lewis	5.2	3,214,256
2018	Class I	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Jim Newberger	24.1	2,596,879
2018 special	Class II	Tina Smith	Democratic	Karin Housley	10.6	2,587,356
2014	Class II	Al Franken	Democratic	Mike McFadden	10.2	1,981,528
2012	Class I	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Kurt Patrick Bills	34.7	2,843,207
2008 flip	Class II	Al Franken	Democratic	Norm Coleman	0.0	2,887,646
2006	Class I	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Mark R. Kennedy	20.1	2,202,772
2002	Class II	Norm Coleman	Republican	Walter F. Mondale	2.2	2,254,639
2000 flip	Class I	Mark Dayton	Democratic	Rod Grams	5.5	2,419,520
1996	Class II	Paul Wellstone	Democratic	Rudy Boschwitz	9.0	2,182,905
1994	Class I	Rod Grams	Republican	Ann Wynia	5.0	1,772,929
1990 flip	Class II	Paul Wellstone	Democratic	Rudy Boschwitz	2.6	1,808,045
1988	Class I	David Ferdinand Durenberger	Republican	Hubert Humphrey III	15.3	2,093,953
1984	Class II	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	Joan Anderson Growe	16.8	2,066,143
1982	Class I	David Ferdinand Durenberger	Republican	Mark Dayton	6.0	1,804,675
1978 flip	Class II	Rudolph E. Boschwitz	Republican	Wendell Anderson	16.2	1,580,622
1978 special flip	Class I	David Ferdinand Durenberger	Republican	Bob Short	26.9	1,558,376
1976	Class I	Hubert Humphrey Jr.	Democratic	Jerry Brekke	42.5	1,912,020

Amy Klobuchar won in 2024 by 15.7 points.

Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, term ends 2031) and Tina Smith (Democrat, term ends 2027).

In 2024, when Amy Klobuchar won.

In 2002, when Norm Coleman won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.