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Minnesota Secretary of State - Elections
2010 Minnesota Congressional and Statewide Races
Party Caucuses: 2/2/10, Primary Filing Deadline: 7/20/10, Alternative Party / Independent Filing Deadline: 7/20/10, Primary: 9/14/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: February 3, 2010 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 46.7% in '06, 2nd term, Tim Pawlenty (R) retiring, next election in 2010, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Tossup, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss Up, |
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St. Sen. Thomas M. "Tom" Bakk (DFL),
ex-U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton (DFL),
ex-St. Rep. Matt Entenza (DFL),
Co. Att. Susan Gaertner (DFL),
St. Sen. Steve Kelley (DFL),
St. Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL),
'04 & '08 congressional candidate / '06 Senate candidate Peter Idusogie (DFL),
St. Sen. John Marty (DFL),
Felix Raymond Montez (DFL),
Scott J. Raskiewicz (DFL),
St. Rep. Tom Rukavina (DFL),
Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL),
'00 & '08 Senate candidate / '98, '02 & '06 Gov. candidate Oloveuse Scorpio "Ole" Savior (DFL),
St. Rep. Paul Thissen (DFL),
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Robert S. Carney, Jr. (R),
enviornmental activist Leslie Davis (R),
St. Rep. Tom Emmer (R),
ex-St. Rep. Bill Haas (R),
St. Sen. David H. Hann (R),
business Philip Herwig (R),
museum founder Peter Roess (R),
St. Rep. Marty Seifert (R),
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businessman / author Rob Hahn (Ind),
GOP strategist Tom Horner (Ind),
Retired Lt. Col. Joe Repya (Ind),
'06 & '08 Senate candidate / businessman John T. Uldrich (Ind),
Rahn V. Workcuff (Ind),
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| utility worker Richard A. Klatte (G), |
| Grassroots Party candidate Chris Wright (I), |
| mechanical engineer Harley Swarm (I), |
Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 46.7% in '06, 2nd term, might run for Governor or retire, next election in 2010 Carol Molnau (R) not seeking re-election, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democratic, |
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Attorney General, 53.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Lori Swanson (DFL), |
John R. Graham (R), |
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Secretary of State, 49.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Mark Ritchie (DFL), |
St. Rep. Daniel Severson (R), |
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Auditor, 51.9% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Rebecca Otto (DFL), |
ex-St. Auditor Patricia "Pat" Anderson (R), Thomas J. "Tom" Conlon (R), Randy Gilbert (R), CPA Jeffrey R. Wiita (R), |
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Senator 58.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Amy Klobuchar (DFL), |
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Senator 41.99% in '08, 1st term, next election in 2014, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Al Franken (DFL), |
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1st Congressional District, 62.5% in '08, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:    Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Likely Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democrat, NRCC Target, |
| Tim Walz (DFL), |
'08 candidate / St. Rep. Randy Demmer (R),
'08 nominee / oncologist Brian J. Davis (R)?,
ex-St. Rep. Brad Finstad (R),
Jim Hagedorn (R),
retire gunnery sgt. Frank McKinzie (R),
Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau (R)?,
St. Sen. Julia A. Rosen (R)?,
'94 Gov. candidate / ex-St. Rep. Allen Quist (R),
physician Scott Wright (R),
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2nd Congressional District, 57.3% in '08, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| ex-St. Rep. Shelley Madore (DFL), salesman Dan Powers (DFL), |
John Kline (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 48.5% in '08, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, |
| physician Maureen Hackett (DFL), MN PTA pres. Jim Meffert-Nelson (DFL), ex-Edina Mayor Jim Hovland (DFL)?, St. Rep. Steve Simon (DFL)?, |
Erik Paulsen (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 68.4% in '08, 5th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Betty McCollum (DFL), |
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5th Congressional District, 70.9% in '08, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Keith Ellison (DFL), |
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6th Congressional District, 46.4% in '08, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, |
| St. Sen. Tarryl L. Clark (DFL), '06 Independence Party Lt. Gov. nominee / ex-Univ. of MN Board of Regent member Maureen Reed (DFL), |
Michele M. Bachmann (R), attorney Chris Johnston (R), |
'08 nominee Bob Anderson (Ind), |
7th Congressional District, 72.2% in '08, 10th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Collin C. Peterson (DFL), |
business exec. Lee Byberg (R), '08 nominee / accountant Glen R. Menze (R), |
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8th Congressional District, 67.7% in '08, 18th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| James L. "Jim" Oberstar (DFL), |
'08 nominee construction exec. Michael Cummins (R) |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
= Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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