# 2025 Minnesota Senate District 60 special election

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A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on January 28, 2025 to elect a new member for District 60 in the Minnesota Senate, representing the Northeast and University communities of Minneapolis, Hennepin County. The election filled a vacancy caused by the death of Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member Kari Dziedzic on December 28, 2024. Doron Clark of the DFL won the election with over 90% of the vote.

## Background

On December 28, 2024, Senator Kari Dziedzic died of ovarian cancer. On December 30, 2024, Governor Tim Walz announced a special election to fill her vacant seat, concurrent with a special election for House District 40B.
District 60 is located in Minneapolis in Hennepin County, containing parts of Northeast, University, and Cedar-Riverside areas. In the last election in 2022, Dziedzic won an unopposed race with 98.66 percent of the vote.

## Candidates

The special candidate filing period was on December 31, 2024, with a withdrawal period on January 2, 2025. Ten Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates and three Republicans candidates filed, and three total candidates withdrew on January 2. After a challenge was filed to the Minnesota Supreme Court showing that Mohamed Jama did not live in the district, Jama announced his intent to drop from the race. On January 9, 2025, the court ruled that votes for Jama would not be counted.

### Democratic–Farmer–Labor
#### Nominee

* Doron Clark, former SD 60 DFL chair

#### Eliminated in primary election

* Iris Grace Altamirano, former school board candidate
* Amal Karim
* Monica Meyer, political director for Gender Justice
* Joshua Preston
* Emilio César Rodríguez
* Peter Wagenius, legislative and political director for Sierra Club Minnesota and candidate for this seat in 2011

#### Withdrew

* Harold Melcher
* Clay Morgan
* Mohamed Jama

### Republican
#### Nominee

* Abigail Wolters, candidate for House District 60B in 2024

#### Eliminated in primary election

* Christopher Robin Zimmerman

#### Withdrew

* Jonathan Kraemer

## Endorsements

Local officials
* Elliott Payne, Minneapolis City Council president
* Billy Menz, Park Board commissioner
* Emily Koski, Minneapolis City Council member
* Jason Chavez, Minneapolis City Council member
* Samantha Pree-Stinson, Minneapolis Board of Estimate & Taxation member (Green)
* Jill Davis, former chair of the Minneapolis Public Schools board
Political parties
* Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
U.S. Representatives
* Ilhan Omar, United States Representative for the 5th district.
State legislators
* Leigh Finke, state representative for district 66A
* Sydney Jordan, state representative for district 60A
Local officials
* Jacob Frey, Mayor of Minneapolis
* Robin Wonsley, Minneapolis City Council member
* Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis City Council member
* Marion Greene, Hennepin County commissioner
State officials
* Keith Ellison, attorney general of Minnesota
* Katie Jones, state representative elect for district 61A
* Rick Hansen, state representative for district 53B
* Alex Falconer, state representative elect for district 49A
Local officials
* Becky Alper, Park Board commissioner
* Katie Cashman, Minneapolis City Council member
Organizations
* Sierra Club
* FairVote Minnesota
* Friends of the Boundary Waters Action Network

## Primary election

The primary election was held on January 14, 2025. Doron Clark (DFL) and Abigail Wolters (R) were chosen as the party nominees.

### Results

Senate District 60 Special DFL Primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Doron Clark | 2,073 | 38.13 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Monica Meyer | 1,882 | 34.62 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Peter Wagenius | 1,262 | 23.22 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Amal Karim | 93 | 1.71 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Iris Grace Altamirano | 74 | 1.36 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Joshua Preston | 29 | 0.53 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Emilio César Rodríguez | 23 | 0.42 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,436 | 100 |
Senate District 60 Special Republican Primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Abigail Wolters | 153 | 72.17 |
| | Republican | Christopher Robin Zimmerman | 59 | 27.83 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 212 | 100 |

## General election

The special general election was held on January 28, 2025.

### Results

Senate District 60 Special Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Doron Clark | 7,783 | 90.91 |
| | Republican | Abigail Wolters | 746 | 8.71 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 32 | 0.37 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,561 | 100 |