Even U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat who has easily won reelection four times, saw her margin of victory slip below 20 points for the first time. She defeated former professional basketball player Royce White, a Republican, by 15.7 points.

Tim Walz won the statewide presidential vote in Minnesota, President-elect Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance outgained them in the county where Walz first entered politics.Walz represented Minnesota's 1st Congressional District,

The Minnesota section of the "blue wall" held firm on Election Day 2024, marking the 13th straight presidential race where the Democratic candidate won the state — and the seventh time that candidate lost.

Walz returned home from the presidential campaign trail to a new era of divided state government, now that Republicans appear to have broken the full Democratic control that helped put him on Kamala Harris’ radar. He was elected governor in 2018 and was reelected in 2022 in an election that handed Democrats both chambers of the state Legislature.

Recounts are open to the public with observation areas. They are overseen by a recount official, typically the local county auditor, and only trained election officials can handle ballots.

Initial numbers from across the United States indicate Minnesota could be the top state for voter turnout once again

Among the firsts and would-be firsts were the first woman-majority elected into Minnesota’s delegation to the U.S. House and the missed opportunity to have the state’s first woman governor.

With just one newly-elected member to the Minnesota congressional delegation, the results of the Nov. 5 election were more or less status quo for the state’s federal delegation. But there were some interesting developments nonetheless. Here are five takeaways from the night.

Minnesota’s only newly-elected member of Congress this year won her race by a wide margin in the Third District, where there’s been a tradition of electing moderate Democrats or Republicans.

Results for Minnesota House Districts 21-25 will start to come in after polls close at 8 p.m. You can find results below or by clicking here. The Minnesota DFL won full control of the Minnesota Legislature in 2022, capturing enough seats in the Senate while maintaining its majority in the House while Gov. Tim Walz won re-election.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers acknowledged Wednesday that they will now have to put grudges aside and work together under a tied 67-67 Minnesota House. Unofficial election results show that the party breakdown is split between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House,