2018 Minnesota Senate District 54 Special Election
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2018, to elect a new senator for District 54 in the Minnesota Senate, caused by the resignation of Dan Schoen effective on December 15, 2017. A primary election was held on January 29, 2018, to nominate a Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican candidate. It coincided with the 2018 Minnesota House of Representatives district 23B special election, House District 23B special election. The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) nominee, Karla Bigham, won the special election. Background In November 2017, several women accused Senator Dan Schoen of sexually harassing them. On November 22, 2017, Schoen announced he would resign on December 15, 2017. The special election garnered much attention given that the Republicans controlled the Senate only by a single seat as well as a legal question of whether a Republican senator should remain in the Senate. Senator Michel ...
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