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2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota
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Reporting
99%
as of Nov. 8, 7:33 AM CST[1]
 
Nominee Amy Klobuchar Royce White
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote 1,792,419 1,291,209
Percentage 56.3% 40.5%
County results
Klobuchar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
White:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic (DFL)

Elected U.S. Senator

Amy Klobuchar
Democratic (DFL)

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The 2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar is seeking a fourth term. She was challenged by Republican former basketball player Royce White. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024.[2] The election saw Amy Klobuchar re-elected.[3] Although Klobuchar won in a landslide, of her four senate election campaigns, this was her narrowest margin of victory, and Royce White managed to win many rural counties that supported Klobuchar in each of her previous elections; however, she managed to narrowly cling onto Minnesota's 1st district even as Kamala Harris lost it by a lot despite having native son to the district Tim Walz on it, and Klobuchar's overperformance of 12 points was still one of the largest in the nation.

Background

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Minnesota is considered to be a slightly to moderately blue state at the federal level. In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden carried Minnesota by about seven percentage points. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide executive offices, and both state legislative chambers.[4][5]

Klobuchar was first elected in 2006, defeating former U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy. She won re-election in 2012 and 2018 by large margins.[6]

This race is considered to be clearly favoring Klobuchar, as she has won all three of her Senate elections by more than 20 points and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates.[7]

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Steve Carlson, business consultant and perennial candidate[9]
  • Ahmad Hassan, businessman and perennial candidate[9]
  • George Kalberer, financial management executive and candidate for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in 2022[9]
  • Ole Savior, artist and perennial candidate[9]

Endorsements

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Amy Klobuchar
U.S representatives
Organizations
Political parties

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of July 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Amy Klobuchar (DFL) $18,972,719 $16,340,965 $6,567,231
Source: Federal Election Commission[23]

Results

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Results by county:
  Klobuchar—90.0–92.5%
  Klobuchar—92.5–95.0%
  Klobuchar—95.0–97.5%
  Klobuchar—97.5–100%

Klobuchar swept the primary, earning more than 90% of the vote in every county of the state. She recorded her best performance in Pope County, while her worst performance was in Anoka County. There, she came the closest to slipping below 90%, having won 90.00471% of the vote.[24]

Democratic (DFL) primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Amy Klobuchar (incumbent) 305,055 94.29%
Democratic (DFL) Steve Carlson 9,535 2.95%
Democratic (DFL) Ahmad Hassan 4,891 1.51%
Democratic (DFL) Ole Savior 2,478 0.77%
Democratic (DFL) George Kalberer 1,578 0.49%
Total votes 323,540 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • John Berman, engineer and perennial candidate[27]
  • Loner Blue, retiree and convicted felon[9]
  • Joe Fraser, banker[28]
  • Alycia Gruenhagen, food co-op manager and Democratic candidate for Minnesota's 7th congressional district in 2020 and 2022[9]
  • Patrick Munro, landscaping company owner and perennial candidate[27]
  • Raymond Petersen, truck driver[9]
  • Christopher Seymore, teacher and perennial candidate[9]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Joe Fraser
U.S. Senators
Statewide officials
Organizations
Royce White
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Political parties

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of July 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Joe Fraser (R) $68,438 $45,860 $22,578
Royce White (R) $132,721 $79,782 $52,940
Source: Federal Election Commission[23]

Results

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county
Results by county
Map legend
  •   White—20–30%
  •   White—30–40%
  •   White—40–50%
  •   White—50–60%
  •   Fraser—20–30%
  •   Fraser—30–40%
  •   Gruenhagen—30–40%
  •   Gruenhagen—40–50%
congressional district
Results by congressional district
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  •   White—30–40%
  •   White—40–50%
Republican primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Royce White 74,814 38.50%
Republican Joe Fraser 56,909 29.29%
Republican Raymond Petersen 16,237 8.36%
Republican Alycia Gruenhagen 15,017 7.73%
Republican John Berman 14,158 7.29%
Republican Patrick Munro 9,444 4.86%
Republican Christopher Seymore 5,020 2.58%
Republican Loner Blue 2,727 1.40%
Total votes 194,336 100.0%

Third-party and independent candidates

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Candidates

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Declared

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[38] Solid D November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[39] Solid D November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[40] Safe D November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[41] Safe D August 26, 2024
Elections Daily[42] Safe D May 4, 2023
CNalysis[43] Solid D November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[44] Solid D August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[45] Safe D October 30, 2024
538[46] Solid D October 31, 2024

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Amy
Klobuchar (DFL) 		Royce
White (R) 		Undecided
[a] 		Margin
RealClearPolitics October 16 - November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 52.0% 39.0% 9.0% Klobuchar +13.0%
538 through November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 51.2% 38.4% 10.4% Klobuchar +12.8%
270toWin October 16 - November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 49.7% 36.0% 14.3% Klobuchar +13.7%
Average 51.0% 37.8% 11.2% Klobuchar +13.2%


Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Amy
Klobuchar (DFL) 		Royce
White (R) 		Other Undecided
AtlasIntel November 1–4, 2024 2,065 (LV) ± 2.0% 53% 41% 4%[c] 2%
Research Co. November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 55% 38% 3%[d] 4%
ActiVote October 8–31, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 56% 44% – –
Chism Strategies October 28–30, 2024 534 (LV) ± 4.2% 52% 35% 3%[e] 11%
SurveyUSA[A] October 24–28, 2024 728 (LV) ± 4.0% 52% 35% 3% 10%
Embold Research[B] October 16–22, 2024 1,734 (LV) ± 2.4% 52% 40% 2%[f] 6%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[C] October 12–14, 2024 544 (LV) ± 3.9% 42% 35% 5%[g] 19%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[C] September 27 – October 2, 2024 551 (LV) ± 3.9% 46% 38% 6%[h] 11%
SurveyUSA[A] September 23–26, 2024 646 (LV) ± 4.3% 53% 35% 5% 8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[C] September 16–19, 2024 703 (LV) ± 3.5% 42% 34% 7%[i] 17%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy[D] September 16–18, 2024 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 51% 40% 1%[j] 8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[C] September 6–9, 2024 617 (LV) ± 3.7% 42% 36% 5%[k] 16%
Embold Research[B] September 4–8, 2024 1,616 (LV) ± 2.8% 52% 41% – 7%
SurveyUSA[A] August 27–29, 2024 635 (LV) ± 4.5% 50% 36% 4% 11%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[C] August 25–28, 2024 426 (LV) ± 4.4% 41% 34% 8%[l] 18%
SurveyUSA[A] July 23–25, 2024 656 (LV) ± 4.4% 55% 33% 4% 8%
Fox News July 22–24, 2024 1,071 (RV) ± 3.0% 57% 40% – 2%
Emerson College[E] June 13–18, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 48% 37% 4% 10%
SurveyUSA[A] June 12–16, 2024 626 (LV) ± 4.5% 49% 35% 4% 12%
Hypothetical polling
Amy Klobuchar vs. Joe Fraser
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Amy
Klobuchar (DFL) 		Joe
Fraser (R) 		Other Undecided
SurveyUSA[A] July 23–25, 2024 656 (LV) ± 4.4% 54% 33% 4% 10%
Emerson College[E] June 13–18, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 47% 37% 5% 10%
SurveyUSA[A] June 12–16, 2024 626 (LV) ± 4.5% 49% 36% 4% 11%
SurveyUSA[A] May 8–11, 2024 625 (LV) ± 4.3% 48% 34% 5% 12%
SurveyUSA[A] April 3–7, 2024 608 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 34% 6% 10%
SurveyUSA[A] February 23–28, 2024 1,603 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 33% 5% 14%

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Amy Klobuchar (incumbent) 1,792,419 56.3%
Republican Royce White 1,291,209 40.5%
Libertarian Rebecca Whiting 55,192 1.7%
Independence Joyce Lacey 46,366 1.5%
Write-in
Total votes 2,913,981 100.0%
Democratic (DFL) hold

By congressional district

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Klobuchar won 5 of 8 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[47]

District Klobuchar White Representative
1st 49% 48% Brad Finstad
2nd 57% 40% Angie Craig
3rd 63% 34% Dean Phillips (118th Congress)
Kelly Morrison (119th Congress)
4th 70% 26% Betty McCollum
5th 82% 15% Ilhan Omar
6th 45% 52% Tom Emmer
7th 40% 57% Michelle Fischbach
8th 48% 49% Pete Stauber

Notes

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  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "Other" with 2%; "Blank/Null/Won't vote" with 2%
  4. ^ "Some other candidate" with 3%
  5. ^ Joyce Lacey (I) with 2%; Rebecca Whiting (L) with 1%
  6. ^ "Would not vote" with 2%
  7. ^ "Won't vote if these are the candidates" with 2%; Lacey (I) with 2%; Whiting (L) with 1%
  8. ^ "Won't vote if these are the candidates" with 3%; Lacey (I) with 2%; Whiting (L) with 1%
  9. ^ Lacey (I) with 3%; "Won't vote if these are the candidates" with 4%
  10. ^ "Someone else" with 1%
  11. ^ Lacey (I) with 2%; Whiting (L), "Won't vote if these are the candidates", and "Other" with 1%
  12. ^ Lacey (I) with 3%; "Won't vote if these are the candidates" with 3%; "Other" with 2%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Poll sponsored by KSTP-TV, WDIO-TV, and KAAL
  2. ^ a b Poll sponsored by MinnPost
  3. ^ a b c d e Poll sponsored by The Daily Telegraph
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by the Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, and KARE
  5. ^ a b Poll sponsored by The Hill

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