Minnesota's Capitol District
Senate District 65 is located entirely in St. Paul and includes most of the Precincts in Wards 1 and 2 and part of Ward 5. We are one of the most diverse Senate Districts in the state.
(Note that we use the 2002 U.S. Senate election - as opposed to the 2000 presidential election - as a baseline for comparison because our current district and precinct boundaries are not the same as they were in 2000, but are the same as in 2002. These boundaries will remain unchanged until 2012.)
This means Senate District 65 significantly outperformed John Kerry’s statewide average, and puts us in the very top tier of senate districts in Minnesota for DFL performance.
This means that John Kerry won 91% (or 7,758 out of 8,519) of the additional votes cast in Senate District 65 in 2004 over 2002.
This also means that Senate District 65 alone contributed 70% of the Kerry-Edwards campaign’s stated goal for the 4th Congressional District of winning 11,000 more votes than 2002 for the top of the ticket. (Senate District 65 is one of 10 senate districts that lie in whole or in part within the 4th Congressional District.)
(If you are interested in consulting precinct-by-precinct results for Senate District 65, you can easily view these online.)
At the close of the 2004 legislative session Republicans had 81 seats to our 53. Now Republicans are down to 68-66 pending a recount in 8B (Tim Faust vs. incumbent Judy Soderstrom). Republicans lost 13 seats. We made huge in roads with wins in the suburbs and two in Rochester! We also unseated at 11 incumbents!
SD65 targeted several of these races as a part of the Take Back the House Campaign. Thank you so much for your time, energy, and money that you poured into these races. We couldn't have done all of this without you. Here are the results of those races. (The DFL candidate is listed first.)
*Update: The recount in 8B did not result in a change in the results of the election. Judy Soderstrom will be the state represenative for 8B.
