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Minnesota Senate election, 1990
All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate; 34 seats needed for a majority
Majority Leader before election; Roger Moe; Democratic (DFL)	Elected Majority Leader ; Roger Moe; Democratic (DFL)

The 1990 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1990, to elect members to the Senate of the 77th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1990.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1991.

Results edit

Summary of the November 6, 1990 Minnesota Senate election results
Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
Party		Candidates	Votes	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	67	990,513	46	2	68.66
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	64	775,790	21	2	31.34
	Grassroots Party of Minnesota	1	1,797	0		0.00
	Independent	2	5,543	0		0.00
Total				67	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,136,830 eligible voters)^[1]		1,843,104	58.76%		10.59 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,^[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library^[3]

References edit

^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Minnesota Election Results 1990" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 36–51. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

[1] "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Minnesota Election Results 1990" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 36–51. Retrieved November 1, 2015.

[3] "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

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