2016 Minnesota elections

{{Short description|none}}  {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 2016 Minnesota general election | country = Minnesota | flag_year = 1983 | ongoing = no | previous_election = 2014 Minnesota elections | previous_year = 2014 | next_election = 2018 Minnesota elections | next_year = 2018 | election_date = November 8, 2016 }}

A '''general election''' was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2016. All seats in the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election as well as Minnesota's 10 presidential electors and Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives. A primary election was held on August 9, 2016.

Voters also approved a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.

==Federal elections==

===President of the United States=== {{main|2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota}}

Minnesota's 10 electors in the Electoral College were up for election, which was won by the Democratic nominees for president and vice president of the United States, Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. The electors voted on December 19, 2016.

===United States House of Representatives=== {{main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota}}

Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. The DFL held five seats compared to the Republicans' three before the election, which was unchanged by the election. Neither party gained or lost seats.

==State elections== ===Minnesota Senate=== {{main|2016 Minnesota Senate election}}

All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate were up for election. The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of 34 seats compared to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party's (DFL) 33. Before the election, the DFL held a majority of 39 seats compared to the Republicans' 28.

===Minnesota House of Representatives=== {{main|2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election}}

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election. The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of 76 seats compared to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party's (DFL) 57. Before the election, the Republicans held a majority of 73 seats compared to the DFL's 61.

===Judiciary=== Minnesota Supreme Court justice Natalie Hudson won election to a six-year term following her appointment in 2015 by Governor Mark Dayton. Several seats on the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota District Courts were also up for election.

===Ballot questions=== A proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to establish an independent council to set salaries for members of the Minnesota Legislature was approved by voters.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/06/30/minnesota-constitution-change-lawmaker-pay-vote | title=Here's the Minnesota referendum you haven't heard about | publisher=Minnesota Public Radio | date=June 30, 2016 | access-date=August 2, 2016 | author=Bakst, Brian}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Choice !Votes !% |- |{{Tick|15}} Yes | align="right" |2,265,835 | align="right" |76.33 |- |{{Cross|15}} No | align="right" |536,272 | align="right" |18.07 |- |Blank votes | align="right" |166,174 | align="right" |5.60 |- |'''Total''' | align="right" |'''2,968,281''' | align="right" |'''100.00''' |- |Eligible voters/turnout<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Election Statistics, 1950–2016|url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/2804/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2016.pdf|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=December 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035640/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/2804/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2016.pdf|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | align="right" |3,972,330 | align="right" |74.72 |- | colspan="3" |{{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State<ref>{{cite web|title=Results for Constitutional Amendments|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/AmendmentResultsStatewide/100|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref>}} |} 300px|thumb|Amendment results by county {{collapsible list |title=Yes: |{{legend|#28497C|80–90%}} |{{legend|#47729E|70–80%}} }} {{Clear}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/ Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State]

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