Minnesota Senate election, 1990

Minnesota Senate election, 1990

November 6, 1990

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Roger Moe Duane Benson Party DFL Independent-Republican Leader since 1980 January 5, 1987 Leader's seat 2nd–Erskine 32nd–Lanesboro Last election 47 seats 20 seats Seats before 44 23 Seats won 46 21 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 990,513 775,790

Majority Leader before election Roger Moe DFL Elected Majority Leader Roger Moe DFL

The 1990 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1990, to elect members to the Senate of the 77th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1990.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1991.

Results

Summary of the November 6, 1990 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	67	990,513	46	2	68.66
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	64	775,790	21	2	31.34
	Grassroots Party of Minnesota	1	1,797	0		0.00
	Independent	2	5,543	0		0.00
Total				67	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,136,830 eligible voters)[1]		1,843,104	58.76%		10.59 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1990
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1990

References

1. "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
2. "Minnesota Election Results 1990" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 36–51. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
3. "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 26, 2015.