Minnesota 2016 General Election

The Green Papers: Minnesota 2016 General Election

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Minnesota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 9 August 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

✓ Tuesday 9 August 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC). Voting begins at 10:00 AM in some townships.
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC). Voting begins at 10:00 AM in some townships.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	5,314,879	(1.72% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
Capital:	St. Paul

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Minnesota State and Local Government

Minnesota 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

Primaries are held for the Republican, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, and Independence parties.

Write-in votes are not allowed in a primary election but are allowed in the General Election [Minn. Stat. 204B.36, subd. 2].

Candidate Filings from the Minnesota Secretary of State.

9 August 2016 primary returns from the
Minnesota Secretary of the State.
Results from
AP.

General Election write-ins from the Minnesota Secretary of State.

8 November 2016 General Election returns from the Minnesota Secretary of the State



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (9, 45 write-ins)

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	1,367,716	46.44%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (10 Electoral Votes) • FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679

		Republican	1,322,951	44.92%	Donald John Trump, Sr. • for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857

		Libertarian	112,972	3.84%	former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson • for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld • FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633

		Independence	53,076	1.80%	David Evan "Evan" McMullin • for Vice President: Nathan Daniel Johnson • FEC P60022654; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,634,839; Dsb $1,618,074

		Green	36,985	1.26%	Jill E. Stein • for Vice President: Howie Hawkins • FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546

		Scattering	27,263	0.93%	WRITE-IN

		Legal Marijuana Now	11,291	0.38%	Dan R. Vacek • for Vice President: Mark G. Elworth, Jr. • FEC P60023520

		Constitution	9,456	0.32%	Darrell Lane Castle • for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley • FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084

		Socialist Workers Party	1,672	0.06%	Alyson Kennedy • for Vice President: Osborne Hart • FEC P80005473

		American Delta	1,431	0.05%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra • for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg • FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914

		Write-in; (American Party of America)			Dennis Andrew Ball • for Vice President: Richard A. Sanders
		Write-in			Henry Lovell Bartlett • for Vice President: Condoleezza Rice
		Write-in; (Independent)			Robert Lewis "Bob" Buchanan • for Vice President: Jason Alexander Washington • FEC P60020757
		Write-in; (Independent)			Richard A. Duncan • for Vice President: Ricky Johnson
		Write-in; (Independent)			Cherunda Lynn Fox • for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner • FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
		Write-in			Eric Gerhard • for Vice President: Ken Virnig
		Write-in			Joseph Glentz • for Vice President: Mike Hennessy
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Benjamin "Ben" Hartnell • for Vice President: Dave Marshall
		Write-in; (America's Party)			Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin • FEC P20005260
		Write-in			Alec Holbeck • for Vice President: John Hulet
		Write-in			James Hrenak, Jr. • for Vice President: Lauren Rasmussen
		Write-in			Alan "Al-J" Jacquemotte • for Vice President: Ronalee Evelyn "Ronnie" Mueller
		Write-in; (Independent)			Lynn Sandra Kahn • for Vice President: Kathy Monahan • FEC P60005808
		Write-in; (Veterans Party of America)			Christopher Robert "Chris" Keniston • for Vice President: Deacon Newell Taylor • FEC P60009917
		Write-in			Roger Koplitz • for Vice President: John Kerry
		Write-in; (Kotlikoff for President)			Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff • for Vice President: Edward Emery "Ed" Leamer • FEC P20004511
		Write-in; (Socialism and Liberation)			Gloria Estela La Riva • for Vice President: Eugene Puryear • FEC P80005572; 28 Nov 16; Tot $30,851; Dsb $36,030
		Write-in; (Star Spangled Banner Independent)			Johnson Immanuel Yuquimpo Li, Jr. • for Vice President: Aida Yuquimpo Li • FEC P60022985
		Write-in			Darin Lynch • for Vice President: Jaci Dukowitz
		Write-in; (Independent)			Joseph Allen "Joe Exotic" Maldonado • for Vice President: Douglas K. Terranova • FEC P60018249
		Write-in			Srinivasa K. Mallapadi • for Vice President: Sripriya Mallapadi
		Write-in; (American Solidarity)			Michael Andrew "Mike" Maturen • for Vice President: Juan Antonio Muñoz • FEC P60022787
		Write-in; (Republican)			Stephen John McCarthy • for Vice President: Joyce Meyer
		Write-in			Daniel Muffoletto • for Vice President: Jesse Ventura
		Write-in			Michael S. Olkowski • for Vice President: Daniel E. Olkowski
		Write-in			Aaron Idean Orwick • for Vice President: Brad Alan Fredrickson
		Write-in			Micah Payeur • for Vice President: Joshua Payeur
		Write-in			Ricky J. Regenold • for Vice President: James Kolden
		Write-in			Clifton Lee Roberts • for Vice President: Breeze Harper • FEC P60017852
		Write-in; (Independent)			Matthew "None of the Above" Roberts • for Vice President: Charles "Charlie" Clauss
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)			Platt Allen Robertson • for Vice President: Scott C. Falls
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Marshall Roy Schoenke • for Vice President: James Creighton Mitchell, Jr
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Joseph Charles "Joe" "Average Joe" "The Painter" Schriner • for Vice President: Joe Moreaux • FEC P00003962
		Write-in			Derrick Schumacher • for Vice President: Ross Wendling
		Write-in			Arthur E. Sidner • for Vice President: Sandra Arcement
		Write-in; (Independent)			Michael Lynn "Mike" Smith • for Vice President: Daniel Lee White • FEC P60020781
		Write-in			Keith Richard Snell • for Vice President: Russell LeBeau
		Write-in; (Socialist Party USA)			Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik • for Vice President: Angela Nicole Walker • FEC P60018017
		Write-in			Jennifer J. "JJ" Vogel-Walcutt • for Vice President: Christopher "Chris" Walcutt
		Write-in			Kirk Wettschreck • for Vice President: Lori Motzko
		Write-in			Jeffrey Ryan Wharton, Sr. • for Vice President: Amy Klobuchar
		Write-in; (Socialist Equality)			Jerome S. "Jerry" White • for Vice President: Niles Niemuth • FEC P20004677; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,357; Dsb $11,356
		Write-in			Demetra Jefferson Wysinger • for Vice President: Cedric D'Wayne Jefferson • FEC P60020484
		Write-in; (Wake Up)			Charles R. Zerilli • for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka
Total			2,944,813	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Amy J. Klobuchar • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*			*Senator Amy J. Klobuchar* • FEC S6MN00267

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. Re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*			*Senator Al Franken* • FEC S8MN00438

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Mark Dayton • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Chair - 21 November 2016: Retiring at the end of his term.
	Candidate list (1)

		Democratic-Farmer Labor			state Representative Erin Murphy

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Democratic (5 Renominated); 3 Republican (1 Open, 2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	169,074	50.34%	Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • FEC H6MN01174; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,572,711; Dsb $1,551,810

		Republican	166,526	49.58%	James "Jim" Hagedorn • FEC H0MN01045; 28 Nov 16; Tot $367,237; Dsb $367,973

		Scattering	277	0.08%	WRITE-IN
Total			335,877	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2 Open		Republican	Congressman John Paul Kline, Jr. • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 3 September 2015: Not seeking re-election.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Republican	173,970	46.95%	Jason Mark Lewis • FEC H6MN02149; 28 Nov 16; Tot $976,161; Dsb $957,413

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	167,315	45.16%	Angela Dawn "Angie" Craig • FEC H6MN02131; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,084,944; Dsb $3,981,754

		Independence	28,869	7.79%	Paula Mirare Overby • FEC H4MN02136; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,818; Dsb $4,100

		Scattering	360	0.10%	WRITE-IN

		Write-in			Andrew Richard "Andy" Willmert • Solutions For America • FEC H6MN02172
Total			370,514	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Erik Paulsen • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Republican	223,077	56.70%	Congressman Erik Paulsen • FEC H8MN03077; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,909,972; Dsb $5,827,312

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	169,243	43.01%	state Senator Terri E, Bonoff • FEC H8MN03069; 31 Dec 16; Tot $1,975,384; Dsb $1,974,812

		Scattering	1,144	0.29%	WRITE-IN

		Write-in			Tim Sherno
Total			393,464	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Democratic	Congressman Betty McCollum • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 4 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	203,299	57.76%	Congressman Betty McCollum • FEC H0MN04049; 28 Nov 16; Tot $920,110; Dsb $920,550

		Republican	121,032	34.39%	Gregory Thomas "Greg" Ryan • FEC H6MN04236; 31 Dec 16; Tot $65,629; Dsb $62,633

		Legal Marijuana Now	27,152	7.71%	Susan Pendergast Sindt • FEC H6MN04269

		Scattering	461	0.13%	WRITE-IN

		Write-in			Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey • FEC H6MN04251
		Write-in; (Green)			Amber Garlan
		Write-in; (Republican)			Gene Alan Rechtzigel • FEC H6MN02206
Total			351,944	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	249,964	69.07%	Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison • FEC H6MN05183; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,608,960; Dsb $2,252,135

		Republican	80,660	22.29%	Frank Nelson Drake • FEC H6MN05332

		Legal Marijuana Now	30,759	8.50%	Dennis Schuller • FEC H6MN05340

		Scattering	499	0.14%	WRITE-IN

		Write-in			Timothy Ford Nelson
Total			361,882	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Republican	235,380	65.58%	Congressman Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr. • FEC H4MN06087; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,873,003; Dsb $1,727,366

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	123,008	34.27%	David Snyder • FEC H6MN06181

		Scattering	536	0.15%	WRITE-IN
Total			358,924	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Congressman Collin Clark Peterson • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	173,589	52.47%	Congressman Collin Clark Peterson • FEC H2MN07014; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,194,594; Dsb $664,715

		Republican	156,952	47.44%	David Russell "Dave" Hughes • FEC H6MN07304; 28 Nov 16; Tot $19,511; Dsb $19,419

		Scattering	307	0.09%	WRITE-IN

		Write-in			Dennis S. Ferche
Total			330,848	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8		Democratic	Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" Nolan • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 9 August 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	179,098	50.17%	Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" Nolan • FEC H2MN08111; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,027,328; Dsb $2,834,026

		Republican	177,089	49.61%	Stewart Mills • FEC H4MN08083; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,778,043; Dsb $3,777,379

		Scattering	792	0.22%	WRITE-IN
Total			356,979	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Secretary of State Steve Simon • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Attorney General Lori Swanson • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Auditor Rebecca Otto • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

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): 9 incumbents
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents, 12 candidates
	• Republican: 3 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• America's Party: 1 candidate
	• American Delta: 1 candidate
	• American Party of America: 1 candidate
	• American Solidarity: 1 candidate
	• Independence (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Kotlikoff for President: 1 candidate
	• Legal Marijuana Now: 3 candidates
	• Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Equality: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
	• Star Spangled Banner Independent: 1 candidate
	• Veterans Party of America: 1 candidate
	• Wake Up: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 7 candidates
	• Non Affiliated: 1 candidate
	• Unaffiliated: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 9 candidates
	• Write-in: 51 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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"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.