Election Name: | 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2010 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Image1: | File:MAK Headshot cropped.jpg |
Leader1: | Margaret Anderson Kelliher |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | June 20, 2006 |
Leaders Seat1: | 60A–Minneapolis |
Last Election1: | 85 seats, 54.86% |
Seats1: | 87 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,516,633 |
Percentage1: | 54.87% |
Swing1: | 0.01 |
Leader2: | Marty Seifert |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | January 3, 2007 |
Leaders Seat2: | 21A–Marshall |
Last Election2: | 49 seats, 44.44% |
Seats2: | 47 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,211,020 |
Percentage2: | 43.81% |
Swing2: | 0.63 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Margaret Anderson Kelliher |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Margaret Anderson Kelliher |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.
thumb|right|200px|Districts won
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | ∆ | ∆ | % | ||||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 134 | 1,516,633 | 54.87 | 0.01 | 87 | 2 | 64.93 | ||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 134 | 1,211,020 | 43.81 | 0.63 | 47 | 2 | 35.07 | ||
Independence Party of Minnesota | 11 | 14,601 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Green Party of Minnesota | 3 | 6,648 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Independent | 3 | 9,717 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | N/A | 5,670 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 2,764,289 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 157,209 | 5.38 | 1.48 | ||||||
Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters)[1] | 2,921,498 | 78.11 | 17.64 | ||||||