Election Name: | 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since1: | April 17, 1992 |
Leaders Seat1: | 28B–Kenyon |
Last Election1: | 71 seats |
Seats Before1: | 70 |
Seats1: | 69 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,171,702 |
Leader2: | Tom Pugh |
Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since2: | January 5, 1999 |
Leaders Seat2: | 39A–South St. Paul |
Last Election2: | 63 seats |
Seats Before2: | 63 |
Seats2: | 65 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,058,824 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Steve Sviggum |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
After Election: | Steve Sviggum |
After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
The 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2001.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∆ | % | ||||||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 132 | 1,171,702 | 69 | 1 | 51.49 | ||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 121 | 1,058,824 | 65 | 2 | 48.51 | ||
Independence Party of Minnesota | 27 | 41,051 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 3 | 4,221 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,867 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 1 | 646 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | 1 | 338 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout (out of 3,506,432 eligible voters)[1] | 2,458,303 | 70.11% | 7.77 | ||||