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The1902 Minnesota Senate election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 4, 1902, to elect members to theSenate of the 33rd and 34thMinnesota Legislatures.
Two years after DemocratJohn Lindlost the governorship to RepublicanSamuel Rinnah Van Sant, theMinnesota Democratic Party was set to lose seats in the Senate. Without Lind, the Party lost the third party support that they had consolidated in 1898. ThePeople's Party ran candidates against a handful of Democratic candidates in rural areas, hurting Democratic prospects.
TheMinnesota Republican Party won a large majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Democratic Party. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1903.
16 Republicans and 3 Democrats ran uncontested.[1]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||
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| Republican Party | 60 | 158,204 | 54.42 | 51 | |
| Democratic Party | 41 | 74,235 | 30.23 | 12 | |
| People's Party | 6 | 9,468 | 3.86 | 0 | |
| Prohibition Party | 3 | 589 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| Independent | 2 | 2,836 | 1.15 | 0 | |
| Total | 245,578 | 100.00 | 63 | ||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State[2] | |||||
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