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Election 2018 Results

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2018 US Senate election in Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar (Democrat) beat Jim Newberger (Republican) in Minnesota in 2018, 60.3% to 36.2%, a margin of 24.1 points and 625,737 votes.

Tina Smith (Democrat) beat Karin Housley (Republican) in Minnesota in 2018, 53.0% to 42.4%, a margin of 10.6 points and 274,763 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Amy Klobuchar also won.

Democrats led in 51 of the 87 counties and Republicans in 36. The largest, Hennepin, cast 629,534 votes and went to the Democrat by 49.3 points. The closest was Wilkin, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Amy Klobuchar won	Democratic	1,566,174	60.3%
Jim Newberger	Republican	940,437	36.2%
All other candidates		90,268	3.5%
Total		2,596,879

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tina Smith won	Democratic	1,370,540	53.0%
Karin Housley	Republican	1,095,777	42.4%
All other candidates		121,039	4.7%
Total		2,587,356

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	459,729 73.0%	149,297 23.7%	20,508	629,534	D+49.3
Ramsey	182,445 74.3%	53,101 21.6%	10,024	245,570	D+52.7
Dakota	127,016 61.3%	73,462 35.4%	6,846	207,324	D+25.8
Anoka	87,756 55.0%	65,707 41.2%	6,165	159,628	D+13.8
Washington	78,364 60.2%	47,785 36.7%	3,939	130,088	D+23.5
Saint Louis	66,056 66.2%	30,293 30.3%	3,465	99,814	D+35.8
Olmsted	41,769 58.6%	27,291 38.3%	2,186	71,246	D+20.3
Scott	34,624 52.2%	29,308 44.2%	2,342	66,274	D+8.0
Stearns	31,970 48.4%	31,821 48.1%	2,326	66,117	D+0.2
Wright	26,821 45.1%	30,572 51.4%	2,049	59,442	R+6.3
Carver	27,168 53.2%	22,540 44.1%	1,346	51,054	D+9.1
Sherburne	16,491 41.9%	21,437 54.5%	1,419	39,347	R+12.6
Crow Wing	14,206 45.2%	16,132 51.3%	1,098	31,436	R+6.1
Rice	16,881 59.2%	10,604 37.2%	1,015	28,500	D+22.0
Blue Earth	16,776 59.6%	9,984 35.5%	1,378	28,138	D+24.1
Otter Tail	12,002 43.7%	14,688 53.5%	776	27,466	R+9.8
Chisago	12,138 47.0%	12,663 49.0%	1,038	25,839	R+2.0
Clay	14,950 61.3%	8,480 34.7%	973	24,403	D+26.5
Goodhue	12,379 53.4%	9,940 42.9%	858	23,177	D+10.5
Itasca	11,585 53.5%	9,203 42.5%	867	21,655	D+11.0
Winona	12,090 56.5%	8,236 38.5%	1,061	21,387	D+18.0
Kandiyohi	9,378 50.2%	8,596 46.0%	695	18,669	D+4.2
Douglas	8,504 47.0%	9,113 50.4%	467	18,084	R+3.4
Beltrami	9,711 53.9%	7,562 42.0%	736	18,009	D+11.9
Isanti	7,440 42.7%	9,226 53.0%	754	17,420	R+10.3
Carlton	10,200 62.2%	5,682 34.6%	523	16,405	D+27.5
Steele	8,192 50.1%	7,490 45.8%	669	16,351	D+4.3
Benton	7,131 44.3%	8,290 51.5%	667	16,088	R+7.2
Nicollet	9,632 61.2%	5,517 35.1%	580	15,729	D+26.2
McLeod	6,825 45.6%	7,684 51.3%	456	14,965	R+5.7
Becker	6,699 45.4%	7,520 50.9%	551	14,770	R+5.6
Mower	8,396 57.1%	5,705 38.8%	592	14,693	D+18.3
Morrison	5,246 36.6%	8,678 60.6%	399	14,323	R+24.0
Cass	6,243 44.5%	7,332 52.3%	449	14,024	R+7.8
Freeborn	7,675 54.8%	5,779 41.3%	547	14,001	D+13.5
Le Sueur	6,444 50.0%	5,979 46.4%	457	12,880	D+3.6
Polk	5,729 48.2%	5,785 48.7%	363	11,877	R+0.5
Brown	5,614 47.5%	5,816 49.2%	401	11,831	R+1.7
Pine	5,648 48.7%	5,528 47.7%	423	11,599	D+1.0
Mille Lacs	4,771 44.5%	5,492 51.2%	467	10,730	R+6.7
Meeker	4,677 45.2%	5,363 51.9%	298	10,338	R+6.6
Hubbard	4,494 44.3%	5,312 52.4%	339	10,145	R+8.1
Wabasha	4,961 49.6%	4,695 46.9%	350	10,006	D+2.7
Lyon	4,973 49.8%	4,700 47.1%	313	9,986	D+2.7
Fillmore	5,128 52.7%	4,263 43.8%	341	9,732	D+8.9
Todd	3,863 40.1%	5,516 57.2%	257	9,636	R+17.2
Dodge	4,278 46.8%	4,527 49.6%	328	9,133	R+2.7
Houston	4,425 49.4%	4,149 46.4%	375	8,949	D+3.1
Martin	3,770 43.1%	4,664 53.4%	305	8,739	R+10.2
Aitkin	4,118 50.3%	3,808 46.5%	261	8,187	D+3.8
Waseca	4,035 49.5%	3,872 47.5%	248	8,155	D+2.0
Nobles	3,185 45.4%	3,523 50.2%	303	7,011	R+4.8
Kanabec	3,138 46.7%	3,363 50.1%	218	6,719	R+3.3
Sibley	3,050 46.3%	3,337 50.7%	200	6,587	R+4.4
Roseau	2,517 38.9%	3,771 58.2%	186	6,474	R+19.4
Faribault	3,031 47.5%	3,103 48.7%	243	6,377	R+1.1
Renville	3,194 50.7%	2,888 45.8%	217	6,299	D+4.9
Redwood	2,688 43.2%	3,334 53.6%	199	6,221	R+10.4
Lake	3,539 59.8%	2,196 37.1%	181	5,916	D+22.7
Wadena	2,044 36.8%	3,379 60.9%	127	5,550	R+24.1
Chippewa	2,925 52.9%	2,422 43.8%	185	5,532	D+9.1
Pope	2,851 52.3%	2,443 44.8%	158	5,452	D+7.5
Pennington	2,582 48.1%	2,573 47.9%	216	5,371	D+0.2
Koochiching	2,886 54.9%	2,238 42.6%	132	5,256	D+12.3
Cottonwood	2,413 47.8%	2,488 49.3%	146	5,047	R+1.5
Jackson	2,174 46.4%	2,341 50.0%	168	4,683	R+3.6
Stevens	2,290 52.1%	1,969 44.8%	135	4,394	D+7.3
Yellow Medicine	2,111 48.9%	2,071 48.0%	132	4,314	D+0.9
Murray	1,925 46.6%	2,070 50.1%	136	4,131	R+3.5
Watonwan	2,200 53.3%	1,819 44.1%	108	4,127	D+9.2
Marshall	1,864 45.4%	2,120 51.6%	126	4,110	R+6.2
Swift	2,147 53.0%	1,793 44.3%	111	4,051	D+8.7
Rock	1,452 38.5%	2,217 58.8%	101	3,770	R+20.3
Pipestone	1,321 35.5%	2,266 60.8%	138	3,725	R+25.4
Clearwater	1,302 37.3%	2,080 59.7%	105	3,487	R+22.3
Lac Qui Parle	1,866 55.5%	1,404 41.8%	92	3,362	D+13.7
Cook	2,178 67.7%	911 28.3%	126	3,215	D+39.4
Grant	1,637 52.1%	1,402 44.6%	101	3,140	D+7.5
Norman	1,588 58.4%	1,049 38.6%	82	2,719	D+19.8
Big Stone	1,368 52.7%	1,127 43.4%	99	2,594	D+9.3
Wilkin	1,251 48.4%	1,243 48.0%	93	2,587	D+0.3
Lincoln	1,164 47.9%	1,213 50.0%	51	2,428	R+2.0
Kittson	1,325 56.0%	943 39.9%	97	2,365	D+16.2
Mahnomen	1,098 57.1%	708 36.8%	116	1,922	D+20.3
Lake of the Woods	729 39.4%	1,072 57.9%	51	1,852	R+18.5
Red Lake	900 54.0%	709 42.5%	59	1,668	D+11.5
Traverse	825 53.9%	665 43.5%	40	1,530	D+10.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Amy Klobuchar (D)	D+15.7
2020	Tina Smith (D)	D+5.2
2018	Amy Klobuchar (D)	D+24.1
2014	Al Franken (D)	D+10.2
2012	Amy Klobuchar (D)	D+34.7
2008	Al Franken (D)	level
2006	Amy Klobuchar (D)	D+20.1
2002	Norm Coleman (R)	R+2.2
2000	Mark Dayton (D)	D+5.5
1996	Paul Wellstone (D)	D+9.0
1994	Rod Grams (R)	R+5.0
1990	Paul David Wellstone (D)	D+2.6
1988	David Durenberger (R)	R+15.3
1984	Rudy Boschwitz (R)	R+16.8
1982	Dave Durenberger (R)	R+6.0
1978	Rudolph E. Boschwitz (R)	R+16.2
1976	Hubert H. Humphrey (D)	D+42.5
1972	Walter Mondale (D)	D+13.8
1970	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+16.1
1966	Walter Mondale (D)	D+8.7
1964	Eugene McCarthy (D)	D+21.1
1960	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+15.3
1958	Eugene McCarthy (D)	D+6.3
1954	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+14.3
1952	Edward J. Thye (R)	R+14.1
1948	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+20.3
1946	Edward J. Thye (R)	R+19.1
1942	Joseph H. Ball (R)	R+36.6
1940	Henrik Shipstead (R)	R+32.4
1936	Ernest Lundeen (other)
1934	Henrik Shipstead (other)
1930	Thomas D. Schall (R)	R+1.5
1928	Henrik Shipstead (other)
1924	Thomas D. Schall (R)	R+40.0
1922	Henrik Shipstead (other)
1918	Knute Nelson (R)	R+60.0
1916	Frank Kellogg (R)	R+17.7