Minnesota Senate election, 1992

Minnesota Senate election, 1992

November 3, 1992 (1992-11-03)

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Roger Moe Duane Benson Party DFL Independent-Republican Leader since 1980 January 5, 1987 Leader's seat 2nd–Erskine 31st–Lanesboro Last election 46 seats 21 seats Seats won 45 22 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,247,594 970,766

Majority Leader before election Roger Moe DFL Elected Majority Leader Roger Moe DFL

The 1992 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1992, to elect members to the Senate of the 78th and 79th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 15, 1992.

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 5, 1993.

Results

Summary of the November 3, 1992 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	67	1,247,594	45	1	67.16
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	66	970,766	22	1	32.84
	Grassroots Party of Minnesota	1	2,179	0		0.00
	Independent	4	24,460	0		0.00
Total				67	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,187,255 eligible voters)[1]		2,355,796	73.91%		15.15 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1992
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1990

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