Minnesota, U.S. Senate

Voters in Minnesota elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 6, 2018.

The election filled the Class 1 Senate seat held by Amy Klobuchar (D). She was first elected in 2006.

Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic Party	$8,132,759	$6,941,152	$3,935,477	As of December 31, 2018
Jim Newberger	Republican Party	$258,769	$258,689	$79	As of December 31, 2018
Paula Overby	Green Party	$1,999	$565	$1,483	As of June 30, 2018
Dennis Schuller	Legal Marijuana Now Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018. * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Election history

2014

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2014

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Al Franken Incumbent	53.2%	1,053,205
	Republican	Mike McFadden	42.9%	850,227
	Libertarian	Heather Johnson	1.5%	29,685
	Independence	Steve Carlson	2.4%	47,530
	N/A	Write-in	0%	881
Total Votes			1,981,528
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2012

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2012

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Klobuchar Incumbent	65.2%	1,854,595
	Republican	Kurt Bills	30.5%	867,974
	Independence	Stephen Williams	2.6%	73,539
	Grassroots	Tim Davis	1.1%	30,531
	Progressive	Michael Cavlan	0.5%	13,986
Total Votes			2,843,207
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

Demographics

Demographic data for Minnesota

	Minnesota	U.S.
Total population:	5,482,435	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	79,627	3,531,905
Gender
Female:	50.3%	50.8%
Race and ethnicity**
White:	84.8%	73.6%
Black/African American:	5.5%	12.6%
Asian:	4.4%	5.1%
Native American:	1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.7%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	5%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	92.4%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	33.7%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$61,492	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.2%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Minnesota.

As of July 2016, Minnesota's three largest cities were Minneapolis (pop. est. 422,000), St. Paul (pop. est. 307,000), and Rochester (pop. est. 116,000).