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The 2006 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the Senate of the 85th and 86th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held in several districts on September 12, 2006.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.
Results
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 66 | 1,183,319 | 55.31 |  5.62
|
44 | 6
|
65.67 | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 66 | 925,978 | 43.28 |  2.43
|
23 | 6
|
34.33 | |
| Independence Party of Minnesota | 7 | 13,886 | 0.65 | 2.73
|
0 | 
|
0.00 | |
| Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | 5,431 | 0.25 | 0.64
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Independent | 1 | 5,428 | 0.25 | 0.13
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 5,280 | 0.25 | 0.08
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Total | 2,139,322 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 78,496 | 3.54 |  1.17
|
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| Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[1] | 2,217,818 | 60.47 | 4.42
| |||||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] | ||||||||
See also
- Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2006
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
- Minnesota elections, 2006
References
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for all State Senate Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
External links
- Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2006 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State
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