2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota

2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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Nominee Amy Klobuchar Kurt Bills
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote 1,854,595 867,874
Percentage 65.23% 30.53%

Klobuchar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Bills:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

U.S. senator before election

Amy Klobuchar
Democratic (DFL)

Elected U.S. Senator

Amy Klobuchar
Democratic (DFL)

The 2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar faced Republican State Representative Kurt Bills. Klobuchar was reelected in a landslide, defeating Bills by almost one million votes and carrying all but two of the state's 87 counties by double digits, only narrowly losing the counties of Pipestone and Rock in the state's southwest corner.[1] This election marked the first time since 1996 that an incumbent Democratic senator was re-elected and the first time since 1976 that an incumbent Democratic senator was re-elected to this seat.

  1. ^ "2012 General Election for U.S. Senator" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2019.