2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Minnesota, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tina Smith is running for election to a full term in office.

2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee TBD TBD
Party Democratic–Farmer–Labor Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tina Smith
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Elections in Minnesota

The filing deadline for all candidates was June 2, 2020.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Endorsements
Tina Smith
U.S. Senators
Organizations
Labor unions

Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Steve Carlson
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Ahmad Hassan
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Paula Overby
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Christopher Seymore
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Tina Smith (incumbent)
Total votes 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Jason Lewis
Federal officials
Political Parties

Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Berman
Republican Bob Carney Jr.
Republican Jason Lewis
Republican James Reibestein
Total votes 100.0%

Other candidates

Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis

Declared
  • Oliver Steinberg [1]

Declared
  • Kevin O'Connor[1]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[46] Likely D June 18, 2020
Inside Elections[47] Safe D April 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[48] Likely D April 30, 2020
Daily Kos[49] Likely D June 4, 2020
Politico[50] Likely D April 19, 2020
RCP[51] Lean D June 25, 2020
Niskanen[52] Safe D April 28, 2020

Polling

Results
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic–Farmer–Labor TBA
Republican TBA
Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis Oliver Steinberg {{{change}}}
Legal Marijuana Now Kevin O'Connor {{{change}}}
Total votes 100.0%

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