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Minnesota election results: MN Senate District 60 special election primary

By FOX 9 Staff
Published  January 15, 2025 7:20am CST
Election
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The Brief

    • Democrat Doron Clark and Republican Abigail Wolters won the primary for Minnesota Senate District 60 special election.
    • The special election comes after Sen. Kari Dziedzic died of cancer in December 2024.
    • A special election will be held on Jan. 28.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A special election primary for Minnesota Senate District 60 was held on Tuesday to fill the vacancy in the district after Sen. Kari Dziedzic died of cancer in December.

MN Senate District 60 special election primary results

What we know:

The primary on Jan. 14 narrowed the field of seven democrats and two republicans to just one candidate from each party. 

GOP candidate Abigail Wolters came out on top with 72.17% of the vote, beating Republican Christoper Robin Zimmerman’s 27.83% of the vote. 

DFL candidate Doron Clark received 38.13% of the vote, beating Democrat Monica Meyer, who received 34.62% of the vote, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State's website. 

By the numbers:

Here is how many votes the DFL candidates received:

  • Doron Clark - 2,073 votes, or 38.13%
  • Monica Meyer – 1,182 votes, or 34.62%
  • Peter Wagenius – 1,262 votes, or 23.22%
  • Amal Karim – 93 votes, or 1.71%
  • Iris Grace Altamirano – 74 votes, or 1.36%
  • Joshua Preston – 29 votes, or 0.53%
  • Emilio César Rodroguez – 23 votes, or 0.42%

One of the DFL candidates, Mohamed Jama, dropped out of the race earlier this month.

What's next:

The special election will be held on Jan. 28, the same day as a special election for House District 40B. Only one candidate from each party filed in the 40B election, so a primary was not needed. 

Sen. Dziedzic dies of cancer 

The backstory:

Dziedzic, 62, died on Dec. 27, 2024, while surrounded by family, according to a statement from her family. 

She was elected to represent Senate District 60 in January 2012, and served as Senate Majority Leader from January 2023 until she stepped down from the role in February 2024, after her ovarian cancer returned.

In 2024, she got a bill passed to help fellow cancer patients get coverage for wigs. The law took effect on Jan. 1. 

As she was being treated for cancer, she worked remotely during the 2024 legislative session. She never missed a vote. 

Dziedzic's death left the Minnesota Senate at a 33-33 split. The Senate has agreed to a power-sharing agreement this legislative session. 

The Source: FOX 9's previous reporting and the Minnesota Secretary of State's website. 

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