Minnesota Secretary Of State - 2018 Primary Election Results
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2018 Primary Election Results


Votes for U.S. Senator
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Republican 17,051 5.88%
 Rae Hart Anderson Republican 25,883 8.93%
Jim Newberger   Republican 201,531 69.50%
Merrill Anderson Republican 45,492 15.69%
Steve Carlson Democratic-Farmer-Labor 9,934 1.71%
 Stephen A. Emery Democratic-Farmer-Labor 7,047 1.21%
Amy Klobuchar Democratic-Farmer-Labor 557,306 95.70%
David Robert Groves Democratic-Farmer-Labor 4,511 0.77%
Leonard J. Richards Democratic-Farmer-Labor 3,552 0.61%

 

Votes for U.S. Senator Special Election
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey Republican 7,375 2.45%
Bob Anderson Republican 107,102 35.60%
Karin Housley   Republican 186,384 61.95%
Christopher Lovell Seymore Sr. Democratic-Farmer-Labor 5,041 0.88%
Gregg A. Iverson Democratic-Farmer-Labor 17,825 3.13%
Tina Smith   Democratic-Farmer-Labor 433,705 76.06%
Nick Leonard Democratic-Farmer-Labor 16,529 2.90%
Richard W. Painter Democratic-Farmer-Labor 78,193 13.71%
Ali Chehem Ali Democratic-Farmer-Labor 18,897 3.31%

 

Votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
Mathew (Matt) Kruse and Theresa Loeffler Republican 11,330 3.53%
Jeff Johnson and Donna Bergstrom Republican 168,841 52.61%
Tim Pawlenty and Michelle Fischbach Republican 140,743 43.86%
Erin Murphy and Erin Maye-Quade Democratic-Farmer-Labor 186,969 32.03%
Lori Swanson and Rick Nolan Democratic-Farmer-Labor 143,517 24.59%
Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan Democratic-Farmer-Labor 242,832 41.60%
Tim Holden and James P. Mellin II Democratic-Farmer-Labor 6,398 1.10%
Olé Savior and Chris Edman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 4,019 0.69%

 

Votes for Attorney General
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
Doug Wardlow   Republican 135,971 46.26%
Robert Lessard Republican 63,722 21.68%
Sharon Anderson Republican 94,245 32.06%
Mike Rothman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 44,522 7.89%
Debra Hilstrom Democratic-Farmer-Labor 108,048 19.14%
Matt Pelikan Democratic-Farmer-Labor 59,876 10.61%
Tom Foley Democratic-Farmer-Labor 70,786 12.54%
Keith Ellison Democratic-Farmer-Labor 281,142 49.81%

 

For more election results, see the Complete Election Results.