Result
Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls) won a second Senate term in Minnesota Senate District 9 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Krystyne Knutson with 69.6% of the vote. Unofficial race results show Rasmusson with 30,083 votes to Knutson’s 13,113, or 30.3%.
The result tops his 2022 Senate win, when he took 62.7% after edging Nathan Miller in the Republican primary with 51.6%. Neither party held a contested primary this year, so both candidates advanced without appearing on the Aug. 11 ballot. His new term begins when the Legislature convenes Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2027.
Candidates and Platforms
Rasmusson, a Fergus Falls business consultant, earned a government degree from Harvard and worked for McKinsey & Company and Bain Capital before serving one term in the Minnesota House. He is the assistant Republican leader and the ranking member of the Senate Human Services Committee, where he has focused on fraud in state human services programs. He was the Senate author of a telecommunications overhaul, enacted as HF 4052, that removes decades-old telephone regulations and passed the Senate 65-0.
Knutson, a small-business owner and nonprofit founder, campaigned on affordability and rural opportunity, including workforce shortages and childcare. She also emphasized mental health, disability services and reproductive health care, along with early childhood and public education. Education Minnesota endorsed her.
District and Chamber
District 9 includes communities in Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse and Wilkin counties. Rasmusson represented House District 8A in Otter Tail County from 2021 to 2022. Statewide, the DFL holds a 39-28 advantage in the Senate, up from its 34-33 majority, with two Senate recounts expected.
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