Minnesota congressional elections

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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report · 2012 Senate report
	House¹: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	63	32	95	4	4	8
Possible primary challenges	13	5	18	1	0	1
Open seats*	7	15	26	2	6	9²

1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

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U.S. Senate

Seats up for election in 2012:

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Next election	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
MN-Senate Class I Seat	Amy Klobuchar		Democratic	2012	Maybe	Yes	Dick Franson Dan Severson Joe Arwood	Amy Klobuchar

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
MN-01	Timothy Walz		Democratic	Yes	No	Mike Parry Allen Quist Timothy Walz	Julie Rosen
MN-02	John Kline		Republican	Yes	No	Dan Powers John Kline	Shelley Madore
MN-03	Erik Paulsen		Republican	Yes	No	Sharon Sund Brian Barnes Erik Paulsen
MN-04	Betty McCollum		Democratic	Maybe	No	Dan Flood	Teresa Collett Betty McCollum
MN-05	Keith Ellison		Democratic	Yes	No	Lynne Torgerson Chris Fields Keith Ellison
MN-06	Michele Bachmann	No photo on file.	Republican	Yes	Maybe	Michele Bachmann	Matt Dean Chris DelaForest Tom Emmer Michelle Fischbach Jim Knoblach Phil Krinkie Rhonda Sivarajah Jay Esmay Mike Starr
MN-07	Collin Peterson		Democratic	Yes	No	Lee Byberg Collin Peterson
MN-08	Chip Cravaack		Republican	Yes	No	Jeff Anderson Tarryl Clark Daniel Fanning Rick Nolan Chip Cravaack	James Oberstar John Persell John Ward