2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Minnesota, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tina Smith is running for election to a full term in office.

2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Tina Smith Jason Lewis
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tina Smith
Democratic (DFL)
Elections in Minnesota

The filing deadline for all candidates was June 2, 2020.[1] The primary will take place on August 11.[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements
Tina Smith
U.S. Senators
  • Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator from Minnesota; former 2020 presidential candidate[9]
Organizations
Labor unions

Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tina Smith (incumbent) 497,301 87.1%
Democratic (DFL) Paula Overby 30,486 5.3%
Democratic (DFL) Ahmad Hassan 20,033 3.5%
Democratic (DFL) Steve Carlson 16,399 2.9%
Democratic (DFL) Christopher Seymore 6,475 1.1%
Total votes 570,694 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary
  • John L. Berman[1]
  • Bob Carney Jr.[1][32]
  • Cynthia Gail
  • James Reibestein[1]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Jason Lewis

Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Lewis 190,891 78.1%
Republican Cynthia Gail 17,626 7.2%
Republican John Berman 16,130 6.6%
Republican Bob Carney Jr. 10,478 4.3%
Republican James Reibestein 9,188 3.8%
Total votes 244,313 100.0%

Other candidates

Grassroots Party

Nominee
  • Oliver Steinberg [1]

Independents

Declared
  • Kevin O'Connor[1]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[45] Safe D July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[46] Safe D July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47] Likely D August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[48] Likely D July 22, 2020
Politico[49] Likely D July 6, 2020
RCP[50] Lean D August 6, 2020
Niskanen[51] Safe D July 26, 2020
270towin[52] Likely D August 6, 2020

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tina
Smith (D)		 Jason
Lewis (R)		 Other /
Undecided
Emerson College August 8–10, 2020 733 (LV) ± 3.6% 48% 45% 7%
Public Policy Polling July 22–23, 2020 1,218 (V) ± 3.2% 48% 39% 13%

Results
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic (DFL) Tina Smith (incumbent)
Republican Jason Lewis
Grassroots Oliver Steinberg
Independent Kevin O'Connor
Total votes 100.0%
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See also

References
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