Four special elections were conducted in the state Senate in 1999 to fill vacancies for DFL seats with Republicans flipping two of them: SD 26 in March and SD 32 in April. The DFL held the lone vacant state House seat for which a special election was conducted.
Elections
Date
Office
Stage
Winners
Details
12/14/1999
State Senate, District 04
Special
Anthony G. (Tony) Kinkel (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 8,239 votes (51.12%) and a winning margin of +14.10
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Anthony G. (Tony) Kinkel
Man
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
8,239
51.12
Doug Peterson
Man
Republican
5,966
37.02
Don G. Stefan
Man
Reform
1,885
11.70
Scattering
Write-In
27
0.17
Special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DFL Senator David Ten Eyck on October 27, 1999 to become a Crow Wing County District Court judge.
Don G. Stefan (Reform) won with 399 votes (74.44%) and a winning margin of +48.88
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Don G. Stefan
Man
Reform
399
74.44
Adam Steele
Man
Reform
137
25.56
Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DFL Senator David Ten Eyck on October 27, 1999 to become a Crow Wing County District Court judge.
Anthony G. (Tony) Kinkel (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 1,587 votes (100.00%) and a winning margin of +100.00
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Anthony G. (Tony) Kinkel
Man
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,587
100.00
Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DFL Senator David Ten Eyck on October 27, 1999 to become a Crow Wing County District Court judge.
Doug Peterson (Republican) won with 2,290 votes (85.32%) and a winning margin of +70.64
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Doug Peterson
Man
Republican
2,290
85.32
Henry Krumwiede
Man
Republican
394
14.68
Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DFL Senator David Ten Eyck on October 27, 1999 to become a Crow Wing County District Court judge.