2018 Minnesota precinct and election shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
12/07/2020

## Sources
Election results and precinct shapefile from the Minnesota Secretary of State (https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/bdry-electionresults-2012-2020)

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
CFO - Chief Financial Officer
CHA - Council Chairman
COC - Corporation Commissioner
COM - Comptroller
CON - State Controller
COU - City Council Member
CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Insurance Commissioner
LAB - Labor Commissioner
LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
MAY - Mayor
MNI - State Mine Inspector
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
SAC - State Appeals Court
SBE - State Board of Education
SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth
SOS - Secretary of State
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands
SSC - State Supreme Court
TAX - Tax Commissioner
TRE - Treasurer
UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G18USSRNEW - Jim Newberger (Republican Party)
G18USSDKLO - Amy Klobuchar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G18USSMSCH - Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
G18USSGOVE - Paula M. Overby (Minnesota Green Party)
G18USSOWRI - Write-in Votes

S18USSRHOU - Karin Housley (Republican Party)
S18USSDSMI - Tina Smith (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
S18USSMWEL - Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
S18USSUTRO - Jerry Trooien (Unaffiliated)
S18USSOWRI - Write-in Votes

G18GOVRJOH - Jeff Johnson (Republican Party)
G18GOVDWAL - Tim Walz (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G18GOVMWRI - Chris Wright (Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis Party)
G18GOVLWEL - Josh Welter (Libertarian Party)
G18GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes

G18SOSRHOW - John Howe (Republican Party)
G18SOSDSIM - Steve Simon (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G18SOSIDEN - William Denney (Independence Party)
G18SOSOWRI - Write-in Votes

G18AUDRMYH - Pam Myhra (Republican Party)
G18AUDDBLA - Julie Blaha (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G18AUDMFOR - Michael Ford (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
G18AUDLDOC - Chris Dock (Libertarian Party)
G18AUDOWRI - Write-in Votes

G18ATGRWAR - Doug Wardlow (Republican Party)
G18ATGDELL - Keith Ellison (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
G18ATGMJOH - Noah M. Johnson (Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis Party)
G18ATGOWRI - Write-in Votes