Actual election results to peruse: Minnesota Primary August 14th (yes, I'm late on the ball). Turnout was somewhere around 10%, very low.
Minnesota Senate
GOP Results:
Kurt Bills 51.12% [Endorsed] [Winner]
David Carlson 35.37%
Bob Carney Jr. 13.52%
DFL Results:
Amy Klobuchar 90.80% [Endorsed] [Winner]
Others 9.20%
IND Results:
Stephen Williams 59.68% [Winner]
Glen Menze 40.32%
The endorsed GOP candidate Bills barely received a majority of voters against a perennial candidate and a nobody. If he continues to struggle like this, it would not be surprising to see Klobuchar receive even more votes than she received in 2006. The Independence Party did not endorse a candidate, and basically won't fund their candidate this year, choosing to focus on the state house and state senate.
There were two competitive house district primary races, the DFL race in MN-08 and the GOP race in MN-01.
Legend:
District Map
City [Population]
City 2 [Population]
City 3 [Population]
Incumbent
Primary
MN-01
Map:
Rochester [106,679]
Mankato [39,309]
Winona [27,592]
Tim Walz is the incumbent DFL rep who was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. He is a pro-gun moderate Democrat.
GOP Primary
Allen Quist 54.14% [Winner]
Mike Parry 45.86%
Neither candidate was endorsed, and so a primary was forced. Quist is a Michelle Bachmann style extreme conservative prone to stupid statements, and carries a ton of baggage from his failed gubernatorial runs in the 1990s.
MN-08
Map:
Duluth [86,265]
Hibbing [16,361]
Brainerd [13,590]
Chip Cravaack, a Republican, won in 2010 upsetting long time incumbent Jim Oberstar; he's a pretty typical tea party Republican.
DFL Primary
Richard Nolan 38.29% [Winner]
Tarryl Clark 32.25%
Jeff Anderson 29.46%
Former rep Rick Nolan will take on Cravaack after returning to politics from a 30 (!) year hiatus; he performed best all over the district, while Clark and Anderson were limited to their voting bases in the south and Duluth respectively.
Okay, have I bored you all with Minnesota politics yet? Because if not, I have plenty more to say.