Minnesota 2010 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Minnesota 2010 Midterm Election

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Minnesota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 10 August 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
2000 Census:	4,925,670	(1.75% of 281,998,273)
Capital:	St. Paul
Tuesday 10 August 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC). Voting begins at 10:00 AM in some townships.
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC). Voting begins at 10:00 AM in some townships.

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Minnesota State and Local Government

5 February 2010: To comply with a new federal law, which requires that the states allow 45 days for overseas voters to mail back their ballots, Minnesota may move the state's election to 10 August, 5 weeks earlier.

15 February 2010: The Minnesota Senate passed SF 2251 which moves 14 September 2010 primary to 10 August.

1 March 2010: The Minnesota Senate approved SF 2251.

3 March 2010: Governor Tim Pawlenty signed SF 2251 into law. This actions moves state's primary from the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September (14 September 2010) to the second Tuesday in August (10 August 2010). The change allows Minnesota to conform to recently enacted federal legislation known as The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. The MOVE Act is intended to aid the registration and participation of U.S. military and overseas voters.

10 August 2010 primary returns from an official source and results from a media source.

2 November 2010
General Election returns from an official source.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Amy Klobuchar • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Al Franken • First elected: 2008 in a contested election resolved 30 June 2009 by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Sworn 7 July 2009. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors

Open	Republican	Governor Tim Pawlenty • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Chair - 2 June 2009: Announced he would not seek re-election.
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	919,232	43.63%	former Senator Mark Dayton • for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon

	Republican	910,462	43.21%	state Representative Tom Emmer • for Lieutenant Governor: Annette T. Meeks

	Independence	251,487	11.94%	Tom Horner • for Lieutenant Governor: James A. "Jim" Mulder. 2 March 2010: Won the Independence Party endorsement

	Independent	7,516	0.36%	Thomas Christopher "Chris" Wright • For Lieutenant Governor: Edwin H. Engelmann Grassroots Party

	Green	6,188	0.29%	Farheen Hakeem • for Lieutenant Governor: Dan Dittmann

	Independent; (Green)	6,180	0.29%	Ken Pentel • for Lieutenant Governor: Erin Wallace Ecology Democracy Party
	Independent	4,092	0.19%	Linda S. Eno • for Lieutenant Governor: Howard B. Hanson The Resource Party

	Write-in	1,864	0.09%	Write-in
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Diana Newberry
Total		2,107,021	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

Open	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Carol Molnau • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Retiring at the end of the current term.

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Democratic (5 Renominated); 3 Republican (3 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	122,365	49.34%	Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • FEC H6MN01174; 31 Dec 10; Tot $2,163,754; Dsb $2,175,820

	Republican	109,242	44.05%	state Representative Randy Lee Demmer • FEC H8MN01220; 31 Dec 10; Tot $939,328; Dsb $939,063

	Independence	13,242	5.34%	Steven John Wilson • FEC H0MN01060; 31 Dec 10; Tot $25,332; Dsb $25,089

	Independent	3,054	1.23%	Lars Allen Johnson • Party Free • FEC H0MN01052; 31 Dec 10; Tot $9,297; Dsb $8,212

	Write-in	102	0.04%	Write-in
Total		248,005	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman John P. Kline • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Republican	181,341	63.31%	Congressman John P. Kline • FEC H8MN06047; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,552,169; Dsb $1,404,772

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	104,809	36.59%	former state Representative Shelley Madore • 10 April 2010: Did not received her party's nomination. 16 April 2010: Deceided to run in the primary despite loosing her party's nomination. • FEC H0MN02100; 31 Dec 10; Tot $88,815; Dsb $88,197

	Write-in	303	0.11%	Write-in
Total		286,453	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Erik Paulsen • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Republican	161,177	58.80%	Congressman Erik Paulsen • FEC H8MN03077; 31 Dec 10; Tot $2,688,943; Dsb $2,575,915

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	100,240	36.57%	James A. "Jim" Meffert • FEC H0MN03090; 31 Dec 10; Tot $529,367; Dsb $529,264

	Independence	12,508	4.56%	Jonathan E. "Jon" Oleson • FEC H0MN03116; 31 Dec 10; Tot $18,865; Dsb $18,644

	Write-in	167	0.06%	Write-in
Total		274,092	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Betty McCollum • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	136,746	59.08%	Congressman Betty McCollum • FEC H0MN04049; 31 Dec 10; Tot $844,296; Dsb $862,844

	Republican	80,141	34.62%	Teresa Stanton Collett • FEC H0MN04148; 31 Dec 10; Tot $216,529; Dsb $213,460

	Independence	14,207	6.14%	Stephen W. Steve Carlson • FEC H0MN04163

	Write-in	332	0.14%	Write-in
	Write-in	39	0.02%	Amber Garlan
	Write-in; (Republican)	10	0.00%	Jack Shepard • FEC H4MN04082; 13 Oct 10; Tot $10,475; Dsb $5,447
Total		231,475	100.00%

CD 5 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	154,833	67.69%	Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison • FEC H6MN05183; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,397,492; Dsb $1,295,834

	Republican	55,222	24.14%	Joel "Alexander" Demos • FEC H0MN05111; 31 Dec 10; Tot $95,233; Dsb $89,728

	Independent	8,548	3.74%	Lynne Torgerson • FEC H0MN05103; 31 Dec 10; Tot $60,892; Dsb $60,513

	Independence	7,446	3.26%	Thomas "Tom" Schrunk • FEC H0MN05129

	Independent	2,468	1.08%	Michael James Cavlan • Independent Progressive • FEC H0MN05137; 31 Oct 10; Tot $0; Dsb $1,403

	Write-in	229	0.10%	Write-in
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Anthony Lane
Total		228,746	100.00%

CD 6 {map}	Republican	Congressman Michele M. Bachmann • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Republican	159,476	52.51%	Congressman Michele M. Bachmann • FEC H6MN06074; 31 Dec 10; Tot $13,522,215; Dsb $11,652,650

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	120,846	39.79%	state Senator Tarryl Lynn Clark • 27 March 2010: Received her party's endorsement. • FEC H0MN06127; 31 Dec 10; Tot $4,719,966; Dsb $4,690,169

	Independence	17,698	5.83%	Bob Anderson • FEC H8MN06088; 02 Dec 10; Tot $440; Dsb $557

	Independent; (Republican; Independence)	5,490	1.81%	Abraham P. "Aubrey" Immelman • 17 April 2010: Did not receive the Independence Party's nomination. Will run as an Independent. • FEC H8MN06070; 31 Dec 10; Tot $4,470; Dsb $952

	Write-in	181	0.06%	Write-in
	Write-in	3	0.00%	Dennis S. Ferche
Total		303,694	100.00%

CD 7 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Collin Clark Peterson • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	133,096	55.20%	Congressman Collin Clark Peterson • FEC H2MN07014; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,174,156; Dsb $1,269,562

	Republican	90,652	37.60%	Vidar Lee "Lee" Byberg • FEC H0MN07059; 31 Dec 10; Tot $402,704; Dsb $386,221

	Independent; (Democratic-Farmer Labor; Constitution)	9,317	3.86%	former state Senator Eugene "Gene" Waldorf • FEC H0MN07067; 31 Dec 10; Tot $62,351; Dsb $61,016

	Independence; (Republican)	7,839	3.25%	Glen R. Menze • 10 April 2010: Did not received the Republican Party's nomination. 20 April 2010: Filed with the FEC as affiliated with the Independence Party. • FEC H0MN07034; 22 Nov 10; Tot $13,965; Dsb $13,965

	Write-in	193	0.08%	Write-in
Total		241,097	100.00%

CD 8 {map}	Democratic	Congressman James L. "Jim" Oberstar • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Republican	133,490	48.18%	Chip Cravaack • FEC H0MN08115; 31 Dec 10; Tot $659,365; Dsb $623,262

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	129,091	46.59%	Congressman James L. "Jim" Oberstar • FEC H6MN08047; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,762,869; Dsb $2,211,681

	Independence	11,876	4.29%	Timothy L. "Tim" Olson • 12 September 2010: Reports indicate Mr. Olsen is dropping out and endorsing Chip Cravaack (Republican). • FEC H0MN08123; 29 Dec 10; Tot $3,536; Dsb $2,777

	Constitution	2,492	0.90%	Richard "George" Burton • FEC H0MN08149

	Write-in	132	0.05%	Write-in
Total		277,081	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Secretary of State Mark Ritchie • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	999,382	49.10%	Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

	Republican	928,913	45.64%	state Representative Daniel "Dan" "Doc" Severson

	Independence	105,675	5.19%	Jual Carlson

	Write-in	1,395	0.07%	Write-in
Total		2,035,365	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Attorney General Lori Swanson • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	1,075,536	52.90%	Attorney General Lori Swanson

	Republican	839,033	41.27%	Chris Barden

	Independence	102,865	5.06%	Bill Dahn

	Independent	14,040	0.69%	David J. Hoch • The Resource Party

	Write-in	1,613	0.08%	Write-in
Total		2,033,087	100.00%

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Auditor Rebecca Otto • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Renominated - 10 August 2010 Primary

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	981,822	48.39%	Auditor Rebecca Otto

	Republican	956,339	47.13%	former Auditor Patricia "Pat" Anderson • 12 January 2010: Terminated her campaign for the Republican Party endorsement for Governor to enter the race for Auditor

	Green	54,154	2.67%	Annie Young

	Independent	35,548	1.75%	Kenny Kalligher • Grassroots Party

	Write-in	1,224	0.06%	Write-in
Total		2,029,087	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents, 13 candidates
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 15 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Green (affiliates): 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Independence (affiliates): 11 candidates
	• Socialist Workers Party: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 10 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 17 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.