2020 Minnesota Senate election explained

2020 Minnesota Senate election should not be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota.

Election Name:2020 Minnesota State Senate election
Country:Minnesota
Flag Year:1983
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Minnesota Senate election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2022 Minnesota Senate election
Next Year:2022
Election Date:November 3, 2020
Seats For Election:All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
Majority Seats:34
Image1:Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (cropped).jpg
Image1 Size:x160px
Leader1:Paul Gazelka
Party1:Republican Party of Minnesota
Leader Since1:November 10, 2016
Leaders Seat1:9th–Nisswa
Last Election1:34 seats, 48.96%
Seats Before1:35
Seats1:34
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:1,532,446
Percentage1:48.39%
Swing1:0.57
Image2 Size:x160px
Leader2:Susan Kent
Party2:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Leader Since2:February 1, 2020
Leaders Seat2:53rd–Woodbury
Last Election2:33 seats, 50.12%
Seats Before2:32
Seats2:33
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:1,577,523
Percentage2:49.82%
Swing2:0.30
Majority Leader
Before Election:Paul Gazelka
Before Party:Republican Party of Minnesota
After Election:Paul Gazelka
After Party:Republican Party of Minnesota
Turnout:79.98% 5.26 pp

The 2020 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2020, to elect members to the Senate of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 11, 2020. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the House of Representatives, and other elections.

Background

The last election in 2016 resulted in the Republican Party of Minnesota winning a majority of seats, after losing a majority to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) only four years earlier in the previous election in 2012. In conjunction with the result of the House election, it also resulted in the return of all-Republican control of the Legislature for the first time since 2012, and only the second time Republicans had had majorities in both houses since the return of partisan elections to the Senate in 1976. Control of the Senate had alternated between the Republicans and the DFL every election since 2010. All-Republican control of the Legislature ended when the DFL won a majority in the House in 2018.

A special election was held for District 11 on February 5, 2019, as a result of the resignation of incumbent DFL Senator Tony Lourey after he was selected to be the next commissioner of human services by Governor-elect Tim Walz in early January 2019.[1] Republican state representative Jason Rarick won the special election, increasing the Republican majority to 35 seats.[2]

In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.[3]

Electoral system

The 67 members of the Senate were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (DFL, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis, Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period was from May 19 to June 2, 2020.[4]

Retiring members

Republican

DFL

Primary elections results

A primary election was held on August 11 in 16 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. Four Republican nominations and 13 DFL nominations were contested. Nine incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. DFL incumbents Erik Simonson in District 7 and Jeff Hayden in District 62 were not renominated.[9] [10]

!District!Party!Candidates!Votes!%
6RepublicanJohn Moren3,569100.00
DFLDavid Tomassoni6,51986.41
Christopher Horoshak1,02513.59
7RepublicanDonna Bergstrom2,129100.00
DFLJen McEwen8,60373.54
Erik Simonson3,09526.46
9RepublicanPaul Gazelka5,82283.49
Richard Dahl1,15116.51
DFLA. John Peters2,759100.00
10RepublicanCarrie Ruud5,55882.50
Shaun Christian Hansen1,17917.50
DFLSteve Samuelson4,869100.00
22GrassrootsBrian Abrahamson44100.00
RepublicanBill Weber4,406100.00
DFLShawna Marshall1,89776.06
Roger Elgersma59723.94
34RepublicanWarren Limmer3,875100.00
DFLBonnie Westlin5,81071.81
Aarica Coleman2,28128.19
39RepublicanKarin Housley3,213100.00
DFLJosiah Hill7,18886.94
Brian Hile1,08013.06
43GrassrootsDoug Daubenspeck81100.00
RepublicanBob Zick2,352100.00
DFLChuck Wiger6,05169.67
Natasha Lapcinski2,63430.33
44RepublicanGreg Pulles3,946100.00
DFLAnn Johnson Stewart9,67276.59
Zina Alston Fizer2,95623.41
47RepublicanJulia Coleman4,58663.52
Tom Funk2,63436.48
DFLAddie Miller5,10586.97
Bala Chintaginjala76513.03
49RepublicanJulie Dupré2,58162.78
Jenny Rhoades1,53037.22
DFLMelisa Franzen14,895100.00
53RepublicanMary Giuliani Stephens2,889100.00
DFLSusan Kent6,41866.63
Marquita Stephens3,21433.37
56RepublicanDan Hall3,090100.00
DFLLindsey Port4,66966.70
Kevin Shea1,92527.50
Richard Tucker4065.80
59RepublicanPaul Anderson841100.00
DFLBobby Joe Champion11,63977.07
Suleiman Isse3,46322.93
62RepublicanBruce Lundeen443100.00
DFLOmar Fateh11,10954.86
Jeff Hayden9,14045.14
65RepublicanPaul Holmgren902100.00
DFLSandy Pappas7,48463.67
Laverne McCartney Knighton4,27036.33
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[11]

Results

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
%+/−+/−%
Republican Party of Minnesota671,532,44648.39–0.5734–150.75
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party651,577,52349.82–0.3033+149.25
Legal Marijuana Now Party729,8410.94+0.62000.00
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party617,2910.55+0.55000.00
Independence–Alliance Party of Minnesota15,6540.18+0.07000.00
Write-inN/A3,8350.12–0.09000.00
Total3,166,590100.00±0.0067±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes127,1903.86–1.38
Total3,293,780100.00±0
Registered voters/Turnout[13] 4,118,46279.98+5.26
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[14] Star Tribune[15]

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 14, 0.8% (gain)
District 34, 1.56%
District 26, 1.76%
District 25, 2.53%
District 27, 4.5% (gain)
District 38, 4.15%
District 37, 4.25%
District 54, 5.83%
District 39, 6.02%
District 56, 6.12% (gain)
District 33, 8%
District 53, 8.26%
District 58, 9.08% (gain)
District 4, 9.16%
District 3, 9.51%

District results

DistrictIncumbentCandidates[16]
NamePartyFirst
elected
NamePartyVotes%Winner
Party
1Mark JohnsonRepublican2016data-sort-value="Johnson, Mark" Mark JohnsonRepublican27,97269.63Republican
data-sort-value="Perkins, Reed" Reed PerkinsDFL12,16230.28
2Paul UtkeRepublican2016data-sort-value="Utke, Paul" Paul UtkeRepublican28,95165.11Republican
data-sort-value="Roy, Alan" Alan RoyDFL15,45834.76
3Tom BakkDFL2002data-sort-value="Bakk, Tom" Tom BakkDFL26,70055.19DFL
data-sort-value="Hogan, Christopher" Christopher HoganRepublican21,61344.68
4Kent EkenDFL2012data-sort-value="Eken, Kent" Kent EkenDFL23,33354.53DFL
data-sort-value="Larson, Mark" Mark LarsonRepublican19,41545.37
5Justin EichornRepublican2016data-sort-value="Eichorn, Justin" Justin EichornRepublican25,16955.59Republican
data-sort-value="Albrecht, Rita" Rita AlbrechtDFL16,70636.89
data-sort-value="Smith, Robyn" Robyn Smith2,4005.30
data-sort-value="Barsness, Dennis" Dennis BarsnessGrassroots9672.14
6David TomassoniDFL2000data-sort-value="Tomassoni, David" David TomassoniDFL25,55757.04DFL
data-sort-value="Moren, John" John MorenRepublican19,19142.83
7Erik SimonsonDFL2016data-sort-value="McEwen, Jen" Jen McEwenDFL30,52668.32DFL
data-sort-value="Bergstrom, Donna" Donna BergstromRepublican14,08131.51
8Bill IngebrigtsenRepublican2006data-sort-value="Ingebrigtsen, Bill" Bill IngebrigtsenRepublican33,62567.69Republican
data-sort-value="Anderson, Michele" Michele AndersonDFL15,99732.20
9Paul GazelkaRepublican2010data-sort-value="Gazelka, Paul" Paul GazelkaRepublican33,47275.60Republican
data-sort-value="Peters, A. John" A. John PetersDFL10,76524.31
10Carrie RuudRepublican2002data-sort-value="Ruud, Carrie" Carrie RuudRepublican33,02767.55Republican
data-sort-value="Samuelson, Steve" Steve SamuelsonDFL15,82832.37
11Jason RarickRepublican2019data-sort-value="Rarick, Jason" Jason RarickRepublican24,49856.58Republican
data-sort-value="Lee, Michelle" Michelle LeeDFL18,76143.33
12Torrey WestromRepublican2012data-sort-value="Westrom, Torrey" Torrey WestromRepublican33,44274.42Republican
data-sort-value="Abahsain, Jill" Jill AbahsainDFL11,46725.52
13Jeff HoweRepublican2018data-sort-value="Howe, Jeff" Jeff HoweRepublican32,62369.43Republican
data-sort-value="Willemsen, Michael" Michael WillemsenDFL14,30630.45
14Jerry RelphRepublican2016data-sort-value="Putnam, Aric" Aric PutnamDFL18,31846.39DFL
data-sort-value="Relph, Jerry" Jerry RelphRepublican18,00245.59
data-sort-value="Partlow, Jaden" Jaden Partlow3,1277.92
15Andrew MathewsRepublican2016data-sort-value="Mathews, Andrew" Andrew MathewsRepublican33,88672.25Republican
data-sort-value="Krist, Brent" Brent KristDFL12,95727.63
16Gary DahmsRepublican2010data-sort-value="Dahms, Gary" Gary DahmsRepublican29,69673.64Republican
data-sort-value="Prine, Joshua" Joshua Prine5,65414.02
data-sort-value="Preslicka, Steve" Steve Preslicka4,88012.10
17Andrew LangRepublican2016data-sort-value="Lang, Andrew" Andrew LangRepublican28,33767.86Republican
data-sort-value="Alvarado, Fernando" Fernando AlvaradoDFL13,38332.05
18Scott NewmanRepublican2010data-sort-value="Newman, Scott" Scott NewmanRepublican31,35771.35Republican
data-sort-value="Tschimperle, Chad" Chad TschimperleDFL12,53828.53
19Nick FrentzDFL2016data-sort-value="Frentz, Nick" Nick FrentzDFL26,16559.82DFL
data-sort-value="Bangert, Elizabeth" Elizabeth BangertRepublican17,50440.02
20Rich DraheimRepublican2016data-sort-value="Draheim, Rich" Rich DraheimRepublican26,52354.24Republican
data-sort-value="Olson, Jon" Jon OlsonDFL19,43139.73
data-sort-value="Hoschette, Jason" Jason HoschetteGrassroots2,9015.93
21Mike GogginRepublican2016data-sort-value="Goggin, Mike" Mike GogginRepublican27,98159.67Republican
data-sort-value="Kaehler, Ralph" Ralph KaehlerDFL18,87140.25
22Bill WeberRepublican2012data-sort-value="Weber, Bill" Bill WeberRepublican26,69769.17Republican
data-sort-value="Marshall, Shawna" Shawna MarshallDFL9,93625.74
data-sort-value="Abrahamson, Brian" Brian AbrahamsonGrassroots1,9475.04
23Julie RosenRepublican2002data-sort-value="Rosen, Julie" Julie RosenRepublican32,53378.66Republican
data-sort-value="Pulkrabek, David" David Pulkrabek8,73021.11
24John JasinskiRepublican2016data-sort-value="Jasinski, John" John JasinskiRepublican25,94363.66Republican
data-sort-value="Steinkamp, Roger" Roger SteinkampDFL14,75636.21
25Dave SenjemRepublican2002data-sort-value="Senjem, Dave" Dave SenjemRepublican25,02151.21Republican
data-sort-value="Flick, Sara" Sara FlickDFL23,78348.68
26Carla NelsonRepublican2010data-sort-value="Nelson, Carla" Carla NelsonRepublican24,74050.86Republican
data-sort-value="Borrud, Aleta" Aleta BorrudDFL23,83148.99
27Dan SparksDFL2002data-sort-value="Dornink, Gene" Gene DorninkRepublican19,75948.87Republican
data-sort-value="Sparks, Dan" Dan SparksDFL17,94144.37
data-sort-value="Becvar, Tyler" Tyler Becvar2,6996.68
28Jeremy MillerRepublican2010data-sort-value="Miller, Jeremy" Jeremy MillerRepublican24,81157.66Republican
data-sort-value="Kruger, Sarah" Sarah KrugerDFL18,17142.23
29Bruce AndersonRepublican2012data-sort-value="Anderson, Bruce" Bruce AndersonRepublican30,40563.23Republican
data-sort-value="Brazelton, Chris" Chris BrazeltonDFL13,57228.23
data-sort-value="Murphy, Mary" Mary MurphyGrassroots4,0668.46
30Mary KiffmeyerRepublican2012data-sort-value="Kiffmeyer, Mary" Mary KiffmeyerRepublican34,71467.25Republican
data-sort-value="Nguyen, Diane" Diane NguyenDFL16,86132.66
31Michelle BensonRepublican2010data-sort-value="Benson, Michelle" Michelle BensonRepublican35,98070.57Republican
data-sort-value="Luthner, Kate" Kate LuthnerDFL14,96229.34
32Mark KoranRepublican2016data-sort-value="Koran, Mark" Mark KoranRepublican32,49366.35Republican
data-sort-value="Fike, Joshua" Joshua FikeDFL16,41233.51
33David OsmekRepublican2012data-sort-value="Osmek, David" David OsmekRepublican31,61453.97Republican
data-sort-value="Piper, Gretchen" Gretchen PiperDFL26,92845.97
34Warren LimmerRepublican1995data-sort-value="Limmer, Warren" Warren LimmerRepublican29,34750.74Republican
data-sort-value="Westlin, Bonnie" Bonnie WestlinDFL28,44349.18
35Jim AbelerRepublican2016data-sort-value="Abeler, Jim" Jim AbelerRepublican31,29162.63Republican
data-sort-value="Nelson, David" David NelsonDFL18,62237.27
36John HoffmanDFL2012data-sort-value="Hoffman, John" John HoffmanDFL27,58056.33DFL
data-sort-value="Attia, Karen" Karen AttiaRepublican21,31943.55
37Jerry NewtonDFL2016data-sort-value="Newton, Jerry" Jerry NewtonDFL26,10052.38DFL
data-sort-value="Sanford, Brad" Brad SanfordRepublican23,65947.48
38Roger ChamberlainRepublican2010data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Roger" Roger ChamberlainRepublican28,04152.08Republican
data-sort-value="Stofferahn, Justin" Justin StofferahnDFL25,75547.83
39Karin HousleyRepublican2012data-sort-value="Housley, Karin" Karin HousleyRepublican29,24652.97Republican
data-sort-value="Hill, Josiah" Josiah HillDFL25,92146.95
40Chris EatonDFL2011data-sort-value="Eaton, Chris" Chris EatonDFL24,29171.46DFL
data-sort-value="Marvin, Robert" Robert MarvinRepublican9,64728.38
41Carolyn LaineDFL2016data-sort-value="Kunesh-Podein, Mary" Mary Kunesh-PodeinDFL29,96766.85DFL
data-sort-value="Vogel, Lucia" Lucia VogelRepublican14,79132.99
42Jason IsaacsonDFL2016data-sort-value="Isaacson, Jason" Jason IsaacsonDFL29,64558.71DFL
data-sort-value="Schwanke, Ben" Ben SchwankeRepublican20,77141.14
43Chuck WigerDFL1996data-sort-value="Wiger, Chuck" Chuck WigerDFL26,34556.20DFL
data-sort-value="Zick, Bob" Bob ZickRepublican16,52035.24
data-sort-value="Daubenspeck, Doug" Doug DaubenspeckGrassroots3,9508.43
44Paul AndersonRepublican2016data-sort-value="Johnson Stewart, Ann" Ann Johnson StewartDFL33,85558.74DFL
data-sort-value="Pulles, Greg" Greg PullesRepublican23,75641.22
45Ann RestDFL2000data-sort-value="Rest, Ann" Ann RestDFL29,05460.70DFL
data-sort-value="Bruins, Roxana" Roxana BruinsRepublican14,04029.33
data-sort-value="Schuler, Andy" Andy Schuler4,7299.88
46Ron LatzDFL2006data-sort-value="Latz, Ron" Ron LatzDFL37,97272.72DFL
data-sort-value="Björnson, Bryan" Bryan BjörnsonRepublican14,18927.17
47Scott JensenRepublican2016data-sort-value="Coleman, Julia" Julia ColemanRepublican32,36657.63Republican
data-sort-value="Miller, Addie" Addie MillerDFL23,72842.25
48Steve CwodzinskiDFL2016data-sort-value="Cwodzinski, Steve" Steve CwodzinskiDFL29,98558.15DFL
data-sort-value="Jiang, Jeff" Jeff JiangRepublican21,55841.81
49Melisa FranzenDFL2012data-sort-value="Franzen, Melisa" Melisa FranzenDFL36,14962.77DFL
data-sort-value="Dupré, Julie" Julie DupréRepublican21,40337.16
50Melissa WiklundDFL2012data-sort-value="Wiklund, Melissa" Melissa WiklundDFL30,51666.62DFL
data-sort-value="Mumbleau, Dean" Dean MumbleauRepublican15,24333.28
51Jim CarlsonDFL2006data-sort-value="Carlson, Jim" Jim CarlsonDFL30,71961.23DFL
data-sort-value="Willetts, Doug" Doug WillettsRepublican19,38938.65
52Matt KleinDFL2016data-sort-value="Klein, Matt" Matt KleinDFL29,73060.58DFL
data-sort-value="Settell, Tomas" Tomas SettellRepublican19,29139.31
53Susan KentDFL2012data-sort-value="Kent, Susan" Susan KentDFL29,53854.08DFL
data-sort-value="Giuliani Stephens, Mary" Mary Giuliani StephensRepublican25,02445.82
54Karla BighamDFL2018data-sort-value="Bigham, Karla" Karla BighamDFL25,53052.85DFL
data-sort-value="Holmstadt, Leilani" Leilani HolmstadtRepublican22,71247.02
55Eric PrattRepublican2012data-sort-value="Pratt, Eric" Eric PrattRepublican31,08261.61Republican
data-sort-value="Odowa, Sahra" Sahra OdowaDFL19,32238.30
56Dan HallRepublican2010data-sort-value="Port, Lindsey" Lindsey PortDFL26,07153.01DFL
data-sort-value="Hall, Dan" Dan HallRepublican23,06146.89
57Greg ClausenDFL2012data-sort-value="Clausen, Greg" Greg ClausenDFL30,89756.41DFL
data-sort-value="Jimenez, Jose" Jose JimenezRepublican23,82543.50
58Matt LittleDFL2016data-sort-value="Duckworth, Zach" Zach DuckworthRepublican29,02055.01Republican
data-sort-value="Little, Matt" Matt LittleDFL23,70144.93
59Bobby Joe ChampionDFL2012data-sort-value="Champion, Bobby Joe" Bobby Joe ChampionDFL33,81082.06DFL
data-sort-value="Anderson, Paul" Paul AndersonRepublican7,30017.72
60Kari DziedzicDFL2012data-sort-value="Dziedzic, Kari" Kari DziedzicDFL37,48885.73DFL
data-sort-value="Holmberg, Mary" Mary HolmbergRepublican6,17114.11
61Scott DibbleDFL2002data-sort-value="Dibble, Scott" Scott DibbleDFL49,05084.78DFL
data-sort-value="Zielinski, Jennifer" Jennifer ZielinskiRepublican8,72715.08
62Jeff HaydenDFL2011data-sort-value="Fateh, Omar" Omar FatehDFL33,10388.99DFL
data-sort-value="Lundeen, Bruce" Bruce LundeenRepublican3,94710.61
63Patricia Torres RayDFL2006data-sort-value="Torres Ray, Patricia" Patricia Torres RayDFL40,74277.64DFL
data-sort-value="Napper, Diane" Diane NapperRepublican8,23115.69
data-sort-value="Wright, Chris" Chris WrightGrassroots3,4606.59
64Dick CohenDFL1986data-sort-value="Murphy, Erin" Erin MurphyDFL40,17478.68DFL
data-sort-value="Anderson, Sharon" Sharon AndersonRepublican7,47114.63
data-sort-value="McArdell, Patti" Patti McArdell3,2766.42
65Sandy PappasDFL1990data-sort-value="Pappas, Sandy" Sandy PappasDFL31,46381.47DFL
data-sort-value="Holmgren, Paul" Paul HolmgrenRepublican7,04418.24
66John MartyDFL1986data-sort-value="Marty, John" John MartyDFL31,86776.90DFL
data-sort-value="Copeland, Greg" Greg CopelandRepublican9,48222.88
67Foung HawjDFL2012data-sort-value="Hawj, Foung" Foung HawjDFL24,00873.86DFL
data-sort-value="Deputie, Alexander" Alexander DeputieRepublican8,40725.86

Seats changing parties

!Party!Incumbent!District!First
elected!Winner!Party
RepublicanJerry Relph142016Aric PutnamDFL
Paul Anderson442016Ann Johnson StewartDFL
Dan Hall562010Lindsey PortDFL
DFLDan Sparks272002Gene DorninkRepublican
Matt Little582016Zach DuckworthRepublican

Post-election changes

On November 18, 2020, longtime DFL senators Thomas M. Bakk and David Tomassoni announced they would be leaving the DFL party and form their own "Independent Caucus" in the state senate.[17] Majority Leader Paul Gazelka welcomed the move and promised to give both senators chairmanships on "prominent committees". This changed the senate composition to 34 Republicans, 31 Democrats, and two independents.

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Coolican . J. Patrick . Gov.-elect Tim Walz names seven new commissioners, including state Sen. Tony Lourey . May 20, 2020 . . January 3, 2019.
  2. News: Van Oot . Torey . Republican Jason Rarick wins Minnesota Senate seat vacated by Democrat . May 20, 2020 . . February 6, 2019.
  3. News: The state legislative battles to watch in 2020 . Amber . Phillips . The Washington Post . October 2, 2020 . October 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: Candidate Filing Periods. Minnesota Secretary of State. May 20, 2020. en.
  5. News: Turtinen. Melissa. February 14, 2020. Sen. Paul Anderson won't seek re-election for Senate District 44. Lakeshore Weekly News. MediaNews Group. May 21, 2020.
  6. News: Olson. Mark. July 22, 2019. State. Sen. Scott Jensen won't seek re-election to District 47. en. Chaska Herald. Big Fish Works. May 21, 2020.
  7. News: State Sen. Carolyn Laine will retire from the Legislature this year . May 21, 2020 . ABC Newspapers . Adams Publishing Group . January 10, 2020 . en.
  8. News: Van Oot . Torey . Longtime DFL Sen. Dick Cohen of St. Paul won't run for re-election in 2020 . May 21, 2020 . . November 18, 2019.
  9. News: Johnson. Brooks. August 12, 2020. Jen McEwen beats incumbent Erik Simonson in DFL primary for Duluth Senate seat. Star Tribune. August 13, 2020.
  10. News: Van Oot. Torey. Condon. Patrick. August 12, 2020. Progressives shake up DFL incumbents in Minnesota. Star Tribune. August 13, 2020.
  11. Web site: Results for All State Senate Races. August 14, 2020. Minnesota Secretary of State.
  12. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
  13. Web site: Statewide Reporting Statistics. November 13, 2020. Minnesota Secretary of State.
  14. Web site: Results for All State Senate Races. November 13, 2020. Minnesota Secretary of State.
  15. Web site: Minnesota election results 2020. November 11, 2020. Star Tribune.
  16. Web site: Candidate Filings . . June 16, 2020.
  17. News: Longtime Minnesota senators quit DFL caucus to form Independent Caucus. Hauser. Tom. Maher. Tracy. November 18, 2020. KSTP-TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129225641/https://kstp.com/politics/longtime-minnesota-senators-tom-bakk-dave-tomassoni-quit-dfl-caucus/5928091/. November 29, 2020. live.