2022 Minnesota Senate election
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The 2022 Minnesota Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2022, to elect members of the Senate of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election will be held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election will coincide with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Minnesota House of Representatives, and other elections.
Background[]
The last election in 2020 resulted in the Republican Party of Minnesota retaining a majority of seats,[1] after winning a majority from the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) only four years earlier in the previous election in 2016. Control of the Senate has alternated between the Republicans and the DFL every election since 2010.[2] All-Republican control of the Legislature ended when the DFL won a majority in the House in 2018.[3]
Electoral system[]
The 67 members of the Senate will be elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for four-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (DFL, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis, Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district will be determined by an open primary election. Minor party candidates will be nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted. Candidates for the state Senate in 2022 must file to run from May 17, 2022, to May 31 at 5:00 P.M.[4]
Retiring members[]
Republican[]
- Bill Ingebrigsten, 8th[5]
- Paul Gazelka, 9th[6]
- Scott Newman, 18th[7]
- Mike Goggin, 21st[8]
- Julie Rosen, 23rd[9]
- Mary Kiffmeyer, 30th[10]
- Michelle Benson, 31st[11]
- David Osmek, 33rd[12]
DFL[]
- Jerry Newton, 37th[13]
- Chris Eaton, 40th[14]
- Chuck Wiger, 43rd[15]
- Melissa Franzen, 49th[16]
- Susan Kent, 53rd[17]
- Karla Bigham, 54th[18]
- Greg Clausen, 57th[19]
- Patricia Torres Ray, 63rd[20]
Independent[]
- David Tomassoni, 6th[21]
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Reapportionment[]
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Due to the 2020 United States Census, the law requires redistricting to occur before February 15, 2022, in order to give candidates ample notice before the legislative filing window in late May. Historically, the legislature has often been unable to agree on redistricting, leading to a court decision on the issue, but commentators have noted that Democrats have a thin majority in the state House, while Republicans have a thin majority in the state Senate, possibly forcing negotiations within the legislature.
As of August 2021, hearings have recently begun in both the House and Senate Redistricting Committee, with the Senate committee members having their first meeting in Bemidji on August 9, and the House committee members having their first meeting on August 18.
According to the State Demographer's office, 78% of the growth that occurred in Minnesota since the last census took place in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. This will require shifting districts from rural areas to urban ones: David Schultz, a political scientist at Hamline University, speculated that the redistricting would give Democrats an advantage in three or four new state House districts and two state Senate districts.
Questions of accountability for racial gerrymandering have also been raised, given how Minneapolis has grown more diverse and Saint Paul has become majority-minority since the last census.
References[]
- ^ "2020 Minnesota State Senate Election Results | USA TODAY". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Minnesota Election Results 2018: Democrats Have A Good Night". Southwest Minneapolis, MN Patch. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Minnesota Secretary Of State - Candidate Filing Periods". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen announces retirement following this term, won't seek a sixth term in St. Paul". Southernminn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Legislative Retirements - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Minnesota Sen. Scott Newman not running for re-election". West Central Tribune. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ KSTP, Ashley Halbach (2022-01-27). "State Sen. Mike Goggin retiring". KSTP.com Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ tmewes@mankatofreepress.com, Trey Mewes. "Rosen to retire, endorse Draheim for new Senate district". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Khanna, Rajesh. "After Redistricting, State Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer Announces Retirement, Endorsement Of GOP Colleague". Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Legislative Retirements - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Osmek announces retirement from the Minnesota Senate". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Newton, Jerry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Lopez, Ricardo (August 4, 2021). "Sen. Chris Eaton announces retirement from Brooklyn Center-area Senate seat, endorses Susan Pha". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Orrick, Dave (13 October 2021). "After 25 years in state Senate, Chuck Wiger of Maplewood won't seek re-election". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Senate DFL leader López Franzen won't run again; Osmek out too". MPR News. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ Lopez, Ricardo (2 September 2021). "Sen. Susan Kent steps down as Senate minority leader, will not seek reelection". Minnesota Reformer. Archived from the original on 2021-09-03.
- ^ "State Sen. Karla Bigham announces run for Washington County Board of Commissioners". Twin Cities. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Legislative Retirements - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Legislative Retirements - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Tomassoni announces retirement from Minnesota Senate". Duluth News Tribune. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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