| Election Name: | District 14A special election, 2013 |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | by-election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012 |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | The District 14A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Nominee1: | Tama Theis |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,670 |
| Percentage1: | 54.51% |
| Nominee2: | Joanne Dorsher |
| Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,091 |
| Percentage2: | 42.69% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Representative | |
| Before Election: | Steve Gottwalt |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| After Election: | Tama Theis |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013 to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7, 2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee, won the special election.
On January 3, 2013, Representative Steve Gottwalt announced that he would resign to take a job as the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging.[1] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.[2]
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ∆pp | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 14A special election, 2013[9] Resignation of Steve Gottwalt Voters: 4,898 (−74.29%) | Republican hold Plurality: 579 (11.82 pp) +3.72 | Tama Theis | Republican | 2,670 | 54.51 | −5.39 | ||
| Joanne Dorsher | DFL | 2,091 | 42.69 | −3.11 | ||||
| Todd McKee | Independence | 130 | 2.65 | N/A | ||||
| Write-in | N/A | 7 | 0.14 | −0.15 | ||||
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012[10] Redrawn district Voters: 19,051 | Republican win Plurality: 1,543 (8.10 pp) | Steve Gottwalt | Republican | 10,269 | 53.90 | ||
| Anne Nolan | DFL | 8,726 | 45.80 | ||||
| Write-in | N/A | 56 | 0.29 | ||||