PRESIDENT (10 Electoral College Votes)
Joe Biden (Democrat) 1,718,739
Donald Trump (Republican) 1,485,343
NOTE: 99% of the expected vote. Still an estimated 27,515 votes to count
Andrew Karch, a Political Science Professor with the University of Minnesota, says the state has always had higher voter turnout.
“Minnesota is an interesting state [in that] it’s always had incredibly high levels of voter turnout, so the increased numbers here are less of a surprise than they are in some other states that have had lower voter turn out in the past,” says Karch. “Most of the discussion has been the high turn out at the national level.”
SENATE RACE
Tina Smith (Democrat) 1,568,149
Jason Lewis (Republican) 1,399,314
NOTES: 97% of expected votes in, still an estimated 85,033 votes to count
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 1- Jim Hagedorn (Republican) Incumbent
District 2- Angie Craig (Democrat) Incumbent
District 3- Dean Phillips (Democrat) Incumbent
District 4- Betty McCollum (Democrat) Incumbent
District 5- Ilhan Omar (Democrat) Incumbent
District 6- Tom Emmer (Republican) Incumbent
District 7- Michelle Fischbach (Republican) GAIN
District 8- Pete Stauber (Republican) Incumbent
Andrew Karch reacts to the upset in District 7: “Collin Peterson had been in Congress for decades. He was the Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and represented a rural district that really has trended Republican over time,” Karch notes. “[Peterson] faced a high quality challenger in Michelle Fischbach, who was previously in the Minnesota State Senate and served as the state’s lieutenant governor. What you saw there was [while] Peterson had the strong incumbency advantage, the district had changed so much that ultimately [voters chose] the Republican over the Democrat.”
STATE HOUSE
Districts 3A and 3B, which are nearest to Thunder Bay
Democrat Rob Ecklund (Incumbent) defeats Republican Thomas Manninen
Democrat Mary Murphy (Incumbent) over Republican Andrew Hjelle
Seat count – Democrat (67) Republican (63)
Early Voting Statistics
- 1,832,681 mail-in and early in-person ballots returned (Up 190% from 2016)
- 45% of voters registered as Democrats, 32% Republican, 23% Other
- 51% of voters were women, 42% men and 7% did not identify
- Age categories: 31% 65 and over, 27% 50-64, 15% 30-39, 14% 18-29, 13% 40-49
