Senate District 6

The Senate District 6 race between Kari Heintzeman and Denise Slipy was a near-repeat of a special election in 2025.

There are tens of thousands of dollars spent in each Northern Minnesota state House and Senate race, with the funds largely coming from local donors and party units. So where does that money go?

Keri Heintzeman and Denise Slipy are running for state Senate District 6.

The former state senator was charged in March 2025 after a prostitution sting operation in Bloomington, where an undercover police officer posed as a 17-year-old online.

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Denise Slipy will likely run against Republican state Sen. Keri Heintzeman again in 2026.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Sen. Keri Heintzeman as one of his appointments to the Advisory Task Force on Future of Minnesota’s Water.

The Republican won all but 11 of 80 precincts in Senate District 6 in her April 29, 2025, special election victory. Seven precincts that voted red in 2022 flipped.

According to unofficial results, Keri Heintzeman earned 60.27% of the vote in the race against DFLer Denise Slipy for Senate District 6.

Republican Keri Heintzeman and DFLer Denise Slipy are running for the Minnesota Senate in the April 29 special election. Find results here after polls close.