# 2012 Minnesota elections

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{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 2012 Minnesota general election
| country            = Minnesota
| flag_year          = 1983
| ongoing            = no
| previous_election  = 2010 Minnesota elections
| previous_year      = 2010
| next_election      = 2014 Minnesota elections
| next_year          = 2014
| election_date      = November 6, 2012
}}

{{Elections in Minnesota}}

'''Elections''' were held in '''[Minnesota](/source/Minnesota)''' on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. [Primary election](/source/Partisan_primary)s took place on August 14, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=1705 | title=2012 Election Results | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> The [Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party) (DFL) saw wins across the board, gaining a majority in both state legislative houses and flipping one congressional seat. Two Republican-supported constitutional amendments on were struck down.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scheck |first1=Tom |last2=Nelson |first2=Tim |last3=Vogel |first3=Jennifer |title=Democrats win Minnesota House, Senate |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/11/07/legislature |access-date=1 February 2025 |work=Minnesota Public Radio |date=November 7, 2012}}</ref>

==Federal==

=== United States Senate ===
{{main|2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota}}
{{see also|2012 United States Senate elections}}

[Democratic–Farmer–Labor](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) candidate Senator [Amy Klobuchar](/source/Amy_Klobuchar) won re-election over [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota) state Representative [Kurt Bills](/source/Kurt_Bills).

=== United States House of Representatives===
{{main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota}}
{{see also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections}}

All [eight seats](/source/Minnesota's_congressional_districts) of the Minnesota delegation in the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) were up for election in 2012.  All eight incumbents were seeking re-election. The DFL won five seats, flipping District 8.

==State==

===Ballot measures===
{{main|Minnesota Amendment 1|Minnesota Amendment 2}}

Two constitutional amendments regarding [same-sex marriage](/source/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States) and [voter identification](/source/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_States) were on the ballot. Both were defeated.

===Minnesota Senate===
{{main|2012 Minnesota Senate election}}

All 67 seats in the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate) were up for election in 2012. The DFL won a majority with 39 seats.

===Minnesota House of Representatives===
{{main|2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election}}

All 134 seats in the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives) were up for election in 2012. The DFL won a majority with 73 seats.

==Local==
Many elections for local offices were also held on November 6, 2012.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107175716/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=4 Elections & Voting] at the Minnesota Secretary of State office

{{Minnesota elections}}
{{United States elections, 2012}}

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