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Smith was elected to her first full term with 48.74% of the vote in 2020 after winning a special election in 2018 to complete the term of former Senator Al Franken who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. [1] [2] This will be the first U.S. Senate election in Minnesota without an incumbent since 2006. [3]
This election, alongside the concurrent Senate election in New Jersey, was the last U.S. Senate election in which both major party candidates were Jewish. [ 2 ] When the initial count was completed on November 18, Franken was trailing Coleman by 215 votes.
Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, actor, and writer who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints.
Elected in 2018 to finish Franken's term. Jan 3, 2018 – present DFL: Tina Smith: 28 Re-elected in 2018. 28 116th: 117th: 29 Re-elected in 2020. Retiring at the end of term. 118th: Re-elected in 2024. 29 119th: 120th: 30 To be determined in the 2026 election. # Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in ...
Morrison is a practicing OB-GYN serving District 45. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. Her State Senate seat is not up for re-election until next year.
Due to California's election rules, similar to the previous election for the other seat, there were two ballot items for the same seat: a general election, to elect a Class 1 senator to a full term beginning with the 119th United States Congress, to be sworn in on January 3, 2025; and a special election, to fill that seat for the final weeks of ...
Voters will make a choice regarding one of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seats this Nov. 5. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s seat is up for grabs. Klobuchar won the seat in 2007.
Less than one month into the new administration, political pundits are already speculating one lawmaker is best-suited to parlay Trump's barbs.