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This profile of Minnesota's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Amy Klobuchar, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Minnesota congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Amy Klobuchar
Incumbent running?	Maybe
Primary challenge?	Primary challenge if incumbent runs.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Considering candidate	Source	April 17, 2011
Dick Franson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Dan Severson	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2011	Former State rep. Lost 2010 race for Minn. Sec. of State.
Tim Pawlenty	Republican	Out of race	Source	August 18, 2011
Joe Arwood	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 26, 2011

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Mark Dayton

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Mark Kennedy	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Amy Klobuchar, Mark Kennedy
General election winner:	Amy Klobuchar

Minnesota congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Amy Klobuchar's district offices
1 Federal Drive, Whipple Federal Building, Suite 298, Fort Snelling, MN 55111 612-727-5220 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Minnesota congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=MN-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/MN-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/MN-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/MN-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=MN-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/MN-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/MN-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/MN-Sen

External articles

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