2016 Minnesota Senate election

The 2016 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2016, to elect members to the Senate of the 90th and 91st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2016. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the House of Representatives.

2016 Minnesota Senate election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David Hann
(lost re-election)
Tom Bakk
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader since November 9, 2012 November 4, 2010
Leader's seat 48th–Eden Prairie 3rd–Cook
Last election 28 seats, 43.49% 39 seats, 55.83%
Seats won 34 33
Seat change 6 6
Popular vote 1,377,128 1,409,775
Percentage 48.96 50.12
Swing 5.47 pp 5.71 pp

Results by district

Majority Leader before election

Tom Bakk
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Majority Leader

Paul Gazelka
Republican

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election, after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2017.

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