| Election Name: | 2020 District 60A special election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | by-election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | Minnesota House of Representatives District 60A |
| Image1: | Sydney Jordan Russian Divestment Bill Signing (52144566304) (cropped).png |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,879 |
| Percentage1: | 87.44% |
| Nominee2: | Marty Super |
| Party2: | Legal Marijuana Now Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 247 |
| Percentage2: | 11.49% |
| Representative | |
| Before Election: | Diane Loeffler |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Sydney Jordan |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 4, 2020, to elect a new member for District 60A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the death of Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member Diane Loeffler. A primary election was held on January 21, 2020, to nominate a DFL candidate. Sydney Jordan, the DFL nominee, won the special election.
On November 16, 2019, District 60A 15-year incumbent Diane Loeffler died of cancer.[1] On November 27, 2019, Governor Tim Walz announced the date of the primary and special elections. Walz chose the date of the primary election to accommodate the large student population in the district, while still taking place before the February 11 reconvening of the 91st Minnesota Legislature.[2]
District 60A is located in Hennepin County, representing northeast Minneapolis. Loeffler first represented the area when it was District 59A after winning election in 2004, succeeding fellow DFL member Len Biernat, who did not seek re-election.[3] In the last election in 2018, Loeffler won with 86 percent of the vote.
The candidate filing period was from December 3 to December 10, 2019.[4]
The area represented by District 60A has in recent decades voted overwhelmingly for DFL candidates. The winner of the DFL nomination would likely be the winner of the special election.[6]
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Sydney Jordan | 1,318 | 28.55 | ||
| Jessica Intermill | 976 | 21.14 | |||
| Sonia Neculescu | 792 | 17.15 | |||
| Amal Ibrahim | 342 | 7.41 | |||
| Aaron Neumann | 269 | 5.83 | |||
| Zachary Wefel | 179 | 3.88 | |||
| Aswar Rahman | 175 | 3.79 | |||
| Susan Whitaker | 171 | 3.70 | |||
| Saciido Shaie | 157 | 3.40 | |||
| Piyali Nath Dalal | 149 | 3.23 | |||
| Mohamed Barre | 89 | 1.93 | |||
| Subtotal | 4,617 | 100.00 | |||
| Legal Marijuana Now Party | Marty Super | 69 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 4,686 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 29 | 0.62 | |||
| Turnout (out of 26,581 registered voters)[7] | 4,715 | 17.74 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[8] | |||||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Sydney Jordan | 1,879 | 87.44 | +0.99 | ||
| Legal Marijuana Now Party | Marty Super | 247 | 11.49 | +11.49 | ||
| Write-ins | 23 | 1.07 | +0.80 | |||
| Total | 2,149 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6 | 0.28 | −2.38 | |||
| Turnout (out of 26,518 registered voters)[9] | 2,155 | 8.13 | −70.11 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[10] | ||||||
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