Minnesota Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 34, Republicans 33. 67 seats; 34 for a majority.

Democrats 34Republicans 33

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 34Republican 33

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1970-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Nonpartisan	Seats	Control
2022	34	33	0	0	67	Democratic majority
2020	33	34	0	0	67	Republican majority
2018	33	34	0	0	67	Republican majority
2016	33	34	0	0	67	Republican majority
2012	39	28	0	0	67	Democratic majority
2010	30	37	0	0	67	Republican majority
2008	45	22	0	0	67	Democratic majority (no regular election)
2006	44	23	0	0	67	Democratic majority
2002	35	31	1	0	67	Democratic majority
2000	39	27	1	0	67	Democratic majority
1996	42	24	1	0	67	Democratic majority
1992	44	23	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1990	46	21	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1986	47	20	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1982	42	25	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1980	45	22	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1976	49	18	0	0	67	Democratic majority
1974	2	0	0	65	67	Nonpartisan (no regular election)
1972	0	0	0	67	67	Nonpartisan
1970	Not available

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 1 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
45	ANN JOHNSON STEWART	Democrat	52.4%

2022: 67 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARK JOHNSON	Republican	97.0%
2	STEVE GREEN	Republican	60.0%
3	GRANT HAUSCHILD	Democratic-farmer-labor	50.8%
4	ROB KUPEC	Democratic-farmer-labor	52.5%
5	PAUL J UTKE	Republican	72.8%
6	JUSTIN EICHORN	Republican	63.5%
7	ROBERT FARNSWORTH	Republican	53.0%
8	JEN MCEWEN	Democratic-farmer-labor	71.5%
9	JORDAN RASMUSSON	Republican	62.7%
10	NATHAN WESENBERG	Republican	72.4%
11	JASON RARICK	Republican	60.9%
12	TORREY WESTROM	Republican	68.0%
13	JEFF HOWE	Republican	70.0%
14	ARIC PUTNAM	Democratic-farmer-labor	52.3%
15	GARY DAHMS	Republican	71.2%
16	ANDREW ROBERT LANG	Republican	69.7%
17	GLENN GRUENHAGEN	Republican	70.2%
18	NICK FRENTZ	Democratic-farmer-labor	57.8%
19	JOHN R JASINSKI	Republican	65.3%
20	STEVE DRAZKOWSKI	Republican	61.7%
21	BILL WEBER	Republican	97.8%
22	RICH DRAHEIM	Republican	96.9%
23	GENE DORNINK	Republican	60.7%
24	CARLA NELSON	Republican	57.5%
25	LIZ BOLDON	Democratic-farmer-labor	58.5%
26	JEREMY MILLER	Republican	58.3%
27	ANDREW MATHEWS	Republican	71.8%
28	MARK KORAN	Republican	67.2%
29	BRUCE ANDERSON	Republican	68.0%
30	ERIC LUCERO	Republican	65.2%
31	CAL K BAHR	Republican	63.8%
32	MICHAEL KREUN	Republican	53.0%
33	KARIN HOUSLEY	Republican	52.8%
34	JOHN HOFFMAN	Democratic-farmer-labor	54.9%
35	JIM ABELER	Republican	50.2%
36	HEATHER GUSTAFSON	Democratic-farmer-labor	52.8%
37	WARREN LIMMER	Republican	54.9%
38	SUSAN PHA	Democratic-farmer-labor	63.9%
39	MARY K KUNESH	Democratic-farmer-labor	66.5%
40	JOHN MARTY	Democratic-farmer-labor	64.8%
41	JUDY SEEBERGER	Democratic-farmer-labor	50.3%
42	BONNIE WESTLIN	Democratic-farmer-labor	57.7%
43	ANN H REST	Democratic-farmer-labor	77.3%
44	TOU XIONG	Democratic-farmer-labor	59.5%
45	KELLY MORRISON	Democratic-farmer-labor	56.3%
46	RON LATZ	Democratic-farmer-labor	97.3%
47	NICOLE MITCHELL	Democratic-farmer-labor	58.7%
48	JULIA COLEMAN	Republican	54.3%
49	STEVE CWODZINSKI	Democratic-farmer-labor	62.3%
50	ALICE MANN	Democratic-farmer-labor	63.4%
51	MELISSA HALVORSON WIKLUND	Democratic-farmer-labor	69.6%
52	JIM CARLSON	Democratic-farmer-labor	63.2%
53	MATT KLEIN	Democratic-farmer-labor	58.2%
54	ERIC PRATT	Republican	56.6%
55	LINDSEY PORT	Democratic-farmer-labor	55.3%
56	ERIN MAYE QUADE	Democratic-farmer-labor	56.7%
57	ZACH DUCKWORTH	Republican	58.6%
58	BILL LIESKE	Republican	52.8%
59	BOBBY JOE CHAMPION	Democratic-farmer-labor	98.3%
60	KARI DZIEDZIC	Democratic-farmer-labor	98.7%
61	SCOTT DIBBLE	Democratic-farmer-labor	98.7%
62	OMAR FATEH	Democratic-farmer-labor	90.3%
63	ZAYNAB MOHAMED	Democratic-farmer-labor	85.6%
64	ERIN MURPHY	Democratic-farmer-labor	84.2%
65	SANDY PAPPAS	Democratic-farmer-labor	80.1%
66	CLARE OUMOU VERBETEN	Democratic-farmer-labor	78.4%
67	FOUNG HAWJ	Democratic-farmer-labor	96.6%

2020: 67 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARK JOHNSON	Republican	69.6%
2	PAUL UTKE	Republican	65.1%
3	THOMAS "TOM" BAKK	Democratic farmer labor	55.2%
4	KENT EKEN	Democratic farmer labor	54.5%
5	JUSTIN EICHORN	Republican	55.6%
6	DAVID J TOMASSONI	Democratic farmer labor	57.0%
7	JEN MCEWEN	Democratic farmer labor	68.3%
8	BILL INGEBRIGTSEN	Republican	67.7%
9	PAUL GAZELKA	Republican	75.6%
10	CARRIE RUUD	Republican	67.5%
11	JASON RARICK	Republican	56.6%
12	TORREY WESTROM	Republican	74.4%
13	JEFF HOWE	Republican	69.4%
14	ARIC PUTNAM	Democratic farmer labor	46.4%
15	ANDREW MATHEWS	Republican	72.2%
16	GARY DAHMS	Republican	73.6%
17	ANDREW LANG	Republican	67.9%
18	SCOTT NEWMAN	Republican	71.3%
19	NICK FRENTZ	Democratic farmer labor	59.8%
20	RICH DRAHEIM	Republican	54.2%
21	MICHAEL P GOGGIN	Republican	59.7%
22	BILL WEBER	Republican	69.2%
23	JULIE A ROSEN	Republican	78.7%
24	JOHN R JASINSKI	Republican	63.7%
25	DAVID H SENJEM	Republican	51.2%
26	CARLA NELSON	Republican	50.9%
27	GENE DORNINK	Republican	48.9%
28	JEREMY R MILLER	Republican	57.7%
29	BRUCE D ANDERSON	Republican	63.2%
30	MARY KIFFMEYER	Republican	67.2%
31	MICHELLE R BENSON	Republican	70.6%
32	MARK KORAN	Republican	66.3%
33	DAVID OSMEK	Republican	54.0%
34	WARREN LIMMER	Republican	50.7%
35	JIM ABELER	Republican	62.6%
36	JOHN HOFFMAN	Democratic farmer labor	56.3%
37	JERRY NEWTON	Democratic farmer labor	52.4%
38	ROGER CHAMBERLAIN	Republican	52.1%
39	KARIN HOUSLEY	Republican	53.0%
40	CHRIS A EATON	Democratic farmer labor	71.5%
41	MARY KUNESH-PODEIN	Democratic farmer labor	66.8%
42	JASON "IKE" ISAACSON	Democratic farmer labor	58.7%
43	CHARLES "CHUCK" WIGER	Democratic farmer labor	56.2%
44	ANN JOHNSON STEWART	Democratic farmer labor	58.7%
45	ANN H REST	Democratic farmer labor	60.7%
46	RON LATZ	Democratic farmer labor	72.7%
47	JULIA COLEMAN	Republican	57.6%
48	STEVE CWODZINSKI	Democratic farmer labor	58.1%
49	MELISA LOPEZ FRANZEN	Democratic farmer labor	62.8%
50	MELISSA HALVORSON WIKLUND	Democratic farmer labor	66.6%
51	JIM CARLSON	Democratic farmer labor	61.2%
52	MATT KLEIN	Democratic farmer labor	60.6%
53	SUSAN KENT	Democratic farmer labor	54.1%
54	KARLA BIGHAM	Democratic farmer labor	52.9%
55	ERIC PRATT	Republican	61.6%
56	LINDSEY PORT	Democratic farmer labor	53.0%
57	GREG CLAUSEN	Democratic farmer labor	56.4%
58	ZACH DUCKWORTH	Republican	54.9%
59	BOBBY JOE CHAMPION	Democratic farmer labor	82.1%
60	KARI DZIEDZIC	Democratic farmer labor	85.7%
61	SCOTT DIBBLE	Democratic farmer labor	84.8%
62	OMAR FATEH	Democratic farmer labor	89.0%
63	PATRICIA TORRES RAY	Democratic farmer labor	77.6%
64	ERIN MURPHY	Democratic farmer labor	78.7%
65	SANDY PAPPAS	Democratic farmer labor	81.5%
66	JOHN MARTY	Democratic farmer labor	76.9%
67	FOUNG HAWJ	Democratic farmer labor	73.8%

2018: 1 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
13 (special)	JEFF HOWE	Republican	57.4%

2016: 67 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	Mark Johnson	not in source	61.4%	seats not in source
2	Paul Utke	not in source	56.6%	seats not in source
3	Thomas (Tom) Bakk	not in source	61.4%	seats not in source
4	Kent Eken	not in source	55.1%	seats not in source
5	Justin Eichorn	not in source	50.6%	seats not in source
6	David J Tomassoni	not in source	62.7%	seats not in source
7	Erik Simonson	not in source	65.5%	seats not in source
8	Bill Ingebrigtsen	not in source	66.3%	seats not in source
9	Paul Gazelka	not in source	71.2%	seats not in source
10	Carrie Ruud	not in source	64.3%	seats not in source
11	Tony Lourey	not in source	54.5%	seats not in source
12	Torrey Westrom	not in source	67.6%	seats not in source
13	Michelle Fischbach	not in source	68.6%	seats not in source
14	Jerry Relph	not in source	47.4%	seats not in source
15	Andrew Mathews	not in source	70.7%	seats not in source
16	Gary Dahms	not in source	67.3%	seats not in source
17	Andrew Lang	not in source	57.2%	seats not in source
18	Scott J Newman	not in source	66.6%	seats not in source
19	Nick Frentz	not in source	56.1%	seats not in source
20	Rich Draheim	not in source	51.9%	seats not in source
21	Mike Goggin	not in source	54.2%	seats not in source
22	Bill Weber	not in source	70.2%	seats not in source
23	Julie Rosen	not in source	70.8%	seats not in source
24	John Jasinski	not in source	58.5%	seats not in source
25	David H. Senjem	not in source	63.2%	seats not in source
26	Carla Nelson	not in source	56.0%	seats not in source
27	Dan Sparks	not in source	54.8%	seats not in source
28	Jeremy Miller	not in source	63.0%	seats not in source
29	Bruce Anderson	not in source	66.0%	seats not in source
30	Mary Kiffmeyer	not in source	71.7%	seats not in source
31	Michelle Benson	not in source	68.0%	seats not in source
32	Mark Koran	not in source	56.5%	seats not in source
33	David Osmek	not in source	59.6%	seats not in source
34	Warren Limmer	not in source	60.2%	seats not in source
35	Jim Abeler	not in source	67.5%	seats not in source
36	John Hoffman	not in source	51.0%	seats not in source
37	Jerry Newton	not in source	51.4%	seats not in source
38	Roger Chamberlain	not in source	58.6%	seats not in source
39	Karin Housley	not in source	61.3%	seats not in source
40	Chris Eaton	not in source	67.8%	seats not in source
41	Carolyn Laine	not in source	61.0%	seats not in source
42	Jason "Ike" Isaacson	not in source	54.2%	seats not in source
43	Charles "Chuck" Wiger	not in source	57.0%	seats not in source
44	Paul Anderson	not in source	50.1%	seats not in source
45	Ann H. Rest	not in source	63.7%	seats not in source
46	Ron Latz	not in source	96.6%	seats not in source
47	Scott Jensen	not in source	67.3%	seats not in source
48	Steve Cwodzinski	not in source	51.1%	seats not in source
49	Melisa Franzen	not in source	54.5%	seats not in source
50	Melissa Halvorson Wiklund	not in source	59.5%	seats not in source
51	Jim Carlson	not in source	54.0%	seats not in source
52	Matt Klein	not in source	57.8%	seats not in source
53	Susan Kent	not in source	50.4%	seats not in source
54	Dan Schoen	not in source	53.1%	seats not in source
55	Eric Pratt	not in source	68.5%	seats not in source
56	Dan Hall	not in source	55.1%	seats not in source
57	Greg Clausen	not in source	53.1%	seats not in source
58	Matt Little	not in source	50.4%	seats not in source
59	Bobby Joe Champion	not in source	77.6%	seats not in source
60	Kari Dziedzic	not in source	77.5%	seats not in source
61	Scott Dibble	not in source	81.1%	seats not in source
62	Jeff Hayden	not in source	87.8%	seats not in source
63	Patricia Torres Ray	not in source	80.7%	seats not in source
64	Dick Cohen	not in source	76.7%	seats not in source
65	Sandy Pappas	not in source	80.7%	seats not in source
66	John Marty	not in source	74.3%	seats not in source
67	Foung Hawj	not in source	75.1%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.