2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 19A special election explained

Election Name:District 19A 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 19A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives
Nominee1:Clark Johnson
Party1:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Popular Vote1:2,680
Percentage1:53.69%
Nominee2:Allen Quist
Party2:Republican Party of Minnesota
Popular Vote2:1,801
Percentage2:36.08%
Nominee3:Tim Gieseke
Party3:Independence Party of Minnesota
Popular Vote3:511
Percentage3:10.24%
Representative
Before Election:Terry Morrow
Before Party:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
After Election:Clark Johnson
After Party:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013 to elect a new representative for District 19A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Terry Morrow on January 7, 2013. A primary election was held on January 29, 2013. The election coincided with the District 14A special election. Clark Johnson, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominee, won the special election.

Background

On December 19, 2012, Representative Terry Morrow announced he would resign to join the Uniform Law Commission as its legislative director.[1] [2] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.[3]

Candidates

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Nominee

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Republican Party of Minnesota

Nominee

Withdrawn

Independence Party of Minnesota

Nominee

Primary election

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) did not endorse a candidate until after the deadline for withdrawing (January 16 at 5:00 p.m.), leaving the candidates that did not win the party endorsement unable to withdraw their candidacies, causing a primary election. The losing candidates said they would abide by the endorsement.

ElectionCandidateVotes%
District 19A special election, 2013: DFL primary[13] Clark Johnson64166.29
Karl Johnson25226.06
Tim Strand515.27
Robin Courrier232.38
District 19A special election, 2013: Republican primaryAllen Quist105100.00
District 19A special election, 2013: Independence primaryTim Gieseke55100.00

Results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%
District 19A special election, 2013[14]
Resignation of Terry Morrow
Voters: 4,992 (−71.76%)
DFL hold
Plurality: 879 (17.61 pp)
Clark JohnsonDFL2,68053.69
Allen QuistRepublican1,80136.08
Tim GiesekeIndependence51110.24

Previous election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%
Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012[15]
Redrawn district
Voters: 17,679
DFL winTerry MorrowDFL17,26397.65
Write-inN/A4162.35

External links

Official campaign websites

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rep. Terry Morrow of St. Peter will step down to take new job . . December 19, 2012 . February 10, 2013 . Ragsdale, Jim.
  2. Web site: Rep. Morrow to step down . Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services . Session Daily . December 19, 2012 . February 10, 2013 . Cook, Mike .
  3. Web site: DFL Rep. Morrow and GOP Rep. Gottwalt resign, let the special elections begin . . January 7, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Stassen-Berger, Rachel E..
  4. Web site: Clark Johnson wins DFL primary in 19A; lineup set for Feb. 12 special election . . January 30, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Kimball, Joe.
  5. Web site: More candidates announce for House 19A special election . . January 4, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Kimball, Joe.
  6. Web site: DFLers endorse candidates for special elections in House Districts 14A, 19A . . January 21, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Kimball, Joe.
  7. Web site: Longtime teacher, union leader running for open House seat . . December 26, 2012 . February 10, 2013 . Linehan, Dan.
  8. Web site: St. Peter Mayor Strand enters House race . . January 9, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Fischenich, Mark.
  9. Web site: Allen Quist gets GOP endorsement for special election in House 19A . . January 11, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Kimball, Joe.
  10. Web site: Former St.. Peter councilman to run for House seat . . January 7, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Ojanpa, Brian.
  11. Web site: Filing period closes in House District 19A special election . . January 15, 2013 . February 10, 2013 . Fischenich, Mark.
  12. Web site: Rural Nicollet man to run for House seat . . January 8, 2013 . February 10, 2013.
  13. Web site: Results for State Representative District 19A . . February 8, 2014 . February 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225005759/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/5?districtid=391 . dead .
  14. Web site: Results for State Representative District 19A . . February 8, 2014 . February 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225005659/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/4?districtid=391 . dead .
  15. Web site: Results for State Representative District 19A . . February 8, 2014.