Minnesota Democrats' 2018 successes give party plenty of targets in GOP-held state Senate
Smith won her special election by a 53-42 margin and took 39 districts, while Republican Karin Housley carried the other 28―a mirror image of the Clinton/Trump numbers from two years before. Walz won the gubernatorial race 54-42 against Republican Jeff Johnson, and he won all of Smith’s seats as well as an additional two. Klobuchar, meanwhile, pulled off a landslide 60-36 victory and took a total of 52 of the 67 Senate seats: Altogether, Klobuchar carried all of those Walz constituencies, plus an additional 11.
Eight Republicans sit in Walz/Smith districts, though only two of them supported Clinton. The two Walz/Housley seats, including Housley’s own district, are also held by Team Red, and both also went for Donald Trump. The one Democrat in a Trump/Johnson/Housley district is Matt Little, whose SD-58 backed Trump 54-38 before going for Housley and Johnson 52-44 and 51-45, respectively; Klobuchar, though, won 53-44 here.
Over in the House, Clinton took just 62 of the 134 seats, but once again, Walz, Klobuchar, and Smith carried all her constituencies as well as plenty more. Smith carried 76 districts to Housley’s 58; Walz once again took all of Smith’s seats, as well as another two. Klobuchar, for her part, took 102 of the 134 seats.
Just a pair of Republicans sit in Walz/Smith districts, while both Walz/Housley seats are also held by Team Red: All four of these seats also supported Trump. And just like in the Senate, there’s one Trump/Johnson/Housley seat in Democratic hands. After backing Trump 57-35, state Rep. Paul Marquart’s HD-4B went for Johnson 53-44 and Housley by a smaller 49-46. (Smith ran further ahead of Walz here than in any other House seat in the state). Klobuchar, though, won it 53-43.
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