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The 2000 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the Senate of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota and one independent. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2001.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||
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No. | ∆ No. | % | ||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 67 | 1,219,497 | 39 | 1 | 58.21 | |
Republican Party of Minnesota | 64 | 1,040,132 | 27 | 1 | 40.30 | |
Independence Party of Minnesota | 10 | 29,534 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 4 | 7,078 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Independent | 2 | 20,380 | 1 | 1.49 | ||
Total | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout (out of 3,506,432 eligible voters) [1] | 2,458,303 | 70.11% | 3.50 pp | |||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library [3] |