The 2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar won a fourth term in office, defeating Republican former basketball player Royce White by a 15.7% margin. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024. Despite Klobuchar’s comfortable margin of victory, the race marked the weakest performance of her Senate career.

Background Minnesota is considered to be a slightly to moderately blue state at the federal level. In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden carried Minnesota by about seven percentage points. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide executive offices, and both state legislative chambers.

Klobuchar was first elected in 2006, defeating former U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy. She won re-election in 2012 and 2018 by large margins.

This race was considered to be clearly favoring Klobuchar, as she had won all three of her previous Senate elections by more than 20 points and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary Candidates Nominee Amy Klobuchar, incumbent U.S. senator

Eliminated in primary Steve Carlson, business consultant and perennial candidate Ahmad Hassan, businessman and perennial candidate George Kalberer, financial management executive and candidate for in 2022 Ole Savior, artist and perennial candidate

Endorsements

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of July 24, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handAmy Klobuchar (DFL)$18,972,719$16,340,965$6,567,231Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Klobuchar swept the primary, earning more than 90% of the vote in every county of the state. She recorded her best performance in Pope County, while her worst performance was in Anoka County. There, she came the closest to slipping below 90%, having won 90.00471% of the vote.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Royce White, former NBA player and candidate for in 2022

Eliminated in primary John Berman, engineer and perennial candidate Loner Blue, retiree and convicted felon Joe Fraser, banker Alycia Gruenhagen, food co-op manager and Democratic candidate for in 2020 and 2022 Patrick Munro, landscaping company owner and perennial candidate Raymond Petersen, truck driver Christopher Seymore, teacher and perennial candidate

Declined Michelle Benson, former state senator (2011–2023) and candidate for governor in 2022 Paul Gazelka, former Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate (2017–2021) from the 9th district (2011–2023) and candidate for governor in 2022 Walter Hudson, state representative (2023–present) Scott Jensen, former state senator (2017–2021) and nominee for governor in 2022 Erik Paulsen, former U.S. representative from (2009–2019) Kendall Qualls, healthcare technology executive, nominee for in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022 Jim Schultz, lawyer and nominee for attorney general in 2022 Ryan Wilson, medical device research company CEO and nominee for state auditor in 2022

Endorsements

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of July 24, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handJoe Fraser (R)$68,438$45,860$22,578Royce White (R)$132,721$79,782$52,940Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Third-party and independent candidates Candidates Declared Joyce Lacey (Independence—Alliance), guardianship advocate and Republican candidate for governor in 2022 Rebecca Whiting (Libertarian), farmer

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 9, 2023 Inside Elections November 9, 2023 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 9, 2023 Decision Desk HQ/The Hill August 26, 2024 Elections Daily May 4, 2023 CNalysis November 21, 2023 RealClearPolitics August 5, 2024 Split Ticket October 30, 2024 538 October 31, 2024

Polling Aggregate polls Source of pollaggregationDatesadministeredDatesupdated AmyKlobuchar (DFL) RoyceWhite (R) UndecidedMarginRealClearPoliticsOctober 16 - November 4, 2024November 4, 202452.0%39.0%9.0%Klobuchar +13.0%538538through November 4, 2024November 4, 202451.2%38.4%10.4%Klobuchar +12.8%270toWinOctober 16 - November 4, 2024November 4, 202449.7%36.0%14.3%Klobuchar +13.7%Average51.0%37.8%11.2%Klobuchar +13.2%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error AmyKlobuchar (DFL) RoyceWhite (R) Other UndecidedAtlasIntelAtlasIntelNovember 1–4, 20242,065 (LV)± 2.0%53%41%4%2%Research Co.November 2–3, 2024450 (LV)± 4.6%55%38%3%4%ActiVoteOctober 8–31, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%56%44%––Chism StrategiesOctober 28–30, 2024534 (LV)± 4.2%52%35%3%11%SurveyUSAOctober 24–28, 2024728 (LV)± 4.0%52%35%3%10%Embold ResearchOctober 16–22, 20241,734 (LV)± 2.4%52%40%2%6%Redfield & Wilton StrategiesOctober 12–14, 2024544 (LV)± 3.9%42%35%5%19%Redfield & Wilton StrategiesSeptember 27 – October 2, 2024551 (LV)± 3.9%46%38%6%11%SurveyUSASeptember 23–26, 2024646 (LV)± 4.3%53%35%5%8%Redfield & Wilton StrategiesSeptember 16–19, 2024703 (LV)± 3.5%42%34%7%17%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 16–18, 2024800 (LV)± 3.5%51%40%1%8%Redfield & Wilton StrategiesSeptember 6–9, 2024617 (LV)± 3.7%42%36%5%16%Embold ResearchSeptember 4–8, 20241,616 (LV)± 2.8%52%41%–7%SurveyUSAAugust 27–29, 2024635 (LV)± 4.5%50%36%4%11%Redfield & Wilton StrategiesAugust 25–28, 2024426 (LV)± 4.4%41%34%8%18%SurveyUSAJuly 23–25, 2024656 (LV)± 4.4%55%33%4%8%Fox NewsJuly 22–24, 20241,071 (RV)± 3.0%57%40%–2%Emerson CollegeJune 13–18, 20241,000 (RV)± 3.0%48%37%4%10%SurveyUSAJune 12–16, 2024626 (LV)± 4.5%49%35%4%12%

Amy Klobuchar vs. Joe Fraser Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error AmyKlobuchar (DFL) JoeFraser (R) Other UndecidedSurveyUSAJuly 23–25, 2024656 (LV)± 4.4%54%33%4%10%Emerson CollegeJune 13–18, 20241,000 (RV)± 3.0%47%37%5%10%SurveyUSAJune 12–16, 2024626 (LV)± 4.5%49%36%4%11%SurveyUSAMay 8–11, 2024625 (LV)± 4.3%48%34%5%12%SurveyUSAApril 3–7, 2024608 (LV)± 4.9%51%34%6%10%SurveyUSAFebruary 23–28, 20241,603 (LV)± 3.0%49%33%5%14%

Results

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