Election Name: | Minnesota Senate election, 2000 |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 1996 |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 2002 |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Image1: | Roger_Moe.jpg |
Leader1: | Roger Moe |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | 1980 |
Leaders Seat1: | 2nd–Erskine |
Last Election1: | 42 seats |
Seats Before1: | 40 |
Seats1: | 39 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,219,497 |
Leader2: | Dick Day |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | July 9, 1997 |
Leaders Seat2: | 28th–Owatonna |
Last Election2: | 24 seats |
Seats Before2: | 26 |
Seats2: | 27 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,040,132 |
Majority Leader | |
Before Election: | Roger Moe |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Roger Moe |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∆ | % | ||||||
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 | ||||