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 won a fourth term in office, defeating Republican former basketball player Royce White. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024.
Background
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.
Klobuchar was first elected in 2006, defeating former U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy. She won re-election in 2012 and 2018 by large margins.
This race was considered to be clearly favoring Klobuchar, as she had won all three of her previous Senate elections by more than 20 points and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Amy Klobuchar, incumbent U.S. senator
Eliminated in primary
- Steve Carlson, business consultant and perennial candidate
- Ahmad Hassan, businessman and perennial candidate
- George Kalberer, financial management executive and candidate for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in 2022
- Ole Savior, artist and perennial candidate
Endorsements
Fundraising
Results
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.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Royce White, former NBA player and candidate for Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2022
Eliminated in primary
- John Berman, engineer and perennial candidate
- Loner Blue, retiree and convicted felon
- Joe Fraser, banker
- Alycia Gruenhagen, food co-op manager and Democratic candidate for Minnesota's 7th congressional district in 2020 and 2022
- Patrick Munro, landscaping company owner and perennial candidate
- Raymond Petersen, truck driver
- Christopher Seymore, teacher and perennial candidate
Declined
- Michelle Benson, former state senator (2011–2023) and candidate for governor in 2022
- Paul Gazelka, former Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate (2017–2021) from the 9th district (2011–2023) and candidate for governor in 2022
- Walter Hudson, state representative (2023–present)
- Scott Jensen, former state senator (2017–2021) and nominee for governor in 2022
- Erik Paulsen, former U.S. representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district (2009–2019)
- Kendall Qualls, healthcare technology executive, nominee for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022
- Jim Schultz, lawyer and nominee for attorney general in 2022
- Ryan Wilson, medical device research company CEO and nominee for state auditor in 2022
Endorsements
Fundraising
Results
Third-party and independent candidates
Candidates
Declared
- Joyce Lacey (Independence—Alliance), guardianship advocate and Republican candidate for governor in 2022
- Rebecca Whiting (Libertarian), farmer
General election
Predictions
Polling
Aggregate polls
Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Aitkin (largest city: Aitkin)
- Big Stone (largest city: Ortonville)
- Chippewa (Largest city: Montevideo)
- Fillmore (largest city: Spring Valley)
- Freeborn (largest city: Albert Lea)
- Itasca (largest city: Grand Rapids)
- Goodhue (Largest city: Red Wing)
- Grant (Largest city: Elbow Lake)
- Houston (Largest city: La Crescent)
- Kandiyohi (Largest city: Willmar)
- Kittson (Largest city: Hallock)
- Koochiching (Largest city: International Falls)
- Lac qui Parle (largest city: Madison)
- Le Sueur (Largest city: Le Sueur)
- Lyon (Largest city: Marshall)
- Pennington (Largest city: Thief River Falls)
- Pine (largest city: Pine City)
- Pope (Largest city: Glenwood)
- Red Lake (Largest city: Red Lake Falls)
- Renville (Largest city: Olivia)
- Stearns (Largest city: St. Cloud)
- Steele (Largest city: Owatonna)
- Stevens (Largest city: Morris)
- Swift (largest city: Benson)
- Traverse (Largest city: Wheaton)
- Wabasha (Largest city: Lake City)
- Waseca (Largest city: Waseca)
- Watonwan (Largest city: St. James)
- Wilkin (Largest city: Breckenridge)
- Yellow Medicine (Largest city: Granite Falls)
By congressional district
Klobuchar won 5 of 8 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
Official campaign websites
- Amy Klobuchar (DFL) for Senate
- Joyce Lacey (IA) for Senate
- Royce White (R) for Senate
- Rebecca Whiting (L) for Senate
