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In the 2018 special election for U.S. Senator, Tina Smith defeated Karin Housley. Smith was appointed to the Senate seat after the death of Senator Al Franken in 2018. She ran in a special election to fill the remainder of Franken's term. Housley was a state senator from Minnesota. She was the Republican nominee for the seat. Smith won the election by a margin of 53% to 46%.