Republican candidates claimed nearly every state constitutional office Tuesday night, with incumbent Attorney General Mike Hatch the lone DFLer to win statewide election, the same situation as four years ago.

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After 1 a.m., Hatch's Republican rival Tom Kelly conceded the race with less than one-half the vote counted.

With more than 97 percent of precincts reporting, Hatch was leading by 13 percentage points -- 54 percent to 41 percent -- when Kelly conceded.

"For the last 16 months, I've traveled the state of Minnesota trying to persuade people it's time for a new attorney general. Tonight, they decided they did not agree with me," Kelly said.

The remaining statewide races were declared after 1 a.m.

Republican incumbent Mary Kiffmeyer was beating DFLer Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey in the race for Secretary of State race by nearly 75,000 votes with more than 2 million votes cast.

Republican Patricia Anderson Awada held a 23,000 vote lead over DFLer Carol Johnson in the State Auditor race at that same time in a race in which no winner had been declared at 6:30 a.m.