Minnesota Senate election, 2006

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All 67 seats in theMinnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Johnson (lost re-election) Dick Day Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since January 13, 2004 July 9, 1997 Leader's seat 13th–Willmar 26th–Owatonna Last election 35 seats, 49.69% 31 seats, 45.71% Seats before 38 29 Seats won 44 23 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 1,183,319 925,978 Percentage 55.31% 43.28% Swing 5.62pp 2.43pp
Districts by margins of victory Districts by party won
Majority Leader before election Dean Johnson Democratic (DFL) ElectedMajority Leader Larry Pogemiller Democratic (DFL)

The2006 Minnesota Senate election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 7, 2006, to elect members to theSenate of the85th and86th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held in several districts on September 12, 2006.

TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by theRepublican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.

Summary of the November 7, 2006Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	66	1,183,319	55.31	5.62	44	6	65.67
	Republican Party of Minnesota	66	925,978	43.28	2.43	23	6	34.33
	Independence Party of Minnesota	7	13,886	0.65	2.73	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	5,431	0.25	0.64	0		0.00
	Independent	1	5,428	0.25	0.13	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	5,280	0.25	0.08	0		0.00
Total			2,139,322	100.00	±0.00	67	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			78,496	3.54	1.17
Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[2]			2,217,818	60.47	4.42
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2006
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• Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from2006 Election Maps,Minnesota Secretary of State

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