U.S. Senate, 2018 Election

Special Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date:	August 14, 2018
Cycle:	2018
Office:	U.S. Senate
State:	Minnesota
District:	Statewide

Candidate	Gender	Party	Votes	Percent	Margin
Tina Smith Incumbent	Woman	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	433,705	76.06	+62.35
Richard W. Painter	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	78,193	13.71
Ali Chehem (Ali C.) Ali	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	18,897	3.31
Gregg A. Iverson	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	17,825	3.13
Nick Leonard	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	16,529	2.90
Christopher Lovell Seymore	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	5,041	0.88

Senator Smith was nominated.

Painter was a resident of Mendota Heights, University of Minnesota Law School professor, and former ethics attorney for President George W. Bush.

Ali was a resident of Shakopee, employee at SuperValu, and union steward.

Iverson was a resident of Minneapolis, former senior transportation generalist at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, DFL candidate for Auditor in 1994 and 200, candidate for SD 62 in 1996, candidate for Secretary of State in 1998 and 2014, DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000, and candidate for the 5th CD in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2016.

Leonard was an attorney from Minneapolis.

Seymore was a teacher from Bloomington and candidate for HD 50B in 2016.

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Sources

State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2019-2020 (p. 511).