2022 Minnesota Senate election

2022 Minnesota Senate election

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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Melisa López Franzen
(retired)
Jeremy Miller
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Leader since September 14, 2021 September 9, 2021
Leader's seat 49th-Edina 28th-Winona
Last election 33 seats, 49.82% 34 seats, 48.39%
Seats before 31 34
Seats after 34 33
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1
popular vote 1,239,682 1,180,254
Percentage 50.70% 48.27%
Swing Increase0.88 pp Decrease1.55 pp


Majority Leader before election

Jeremy Miller
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Kari Dziedzic
Democratic (DFL)

The 2022 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2022, to elect members of the Senate of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Minnesota House of Representatives, and all other statewide elections.

Democrats (DFL) gained three seats, giving them a majority of 34 out of 67 seats and winning control of the chamber for the first time since 2012.[1] Simultaneously with Democrats retaining control of the state house, and Governor Tim Walz winning re-election, the DFL won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 2012.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Minnesota Democrats win Capitol 'trifecta'". MPR News. Retrieved April 29, 2023.