Election Name: | 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
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: | 66 seats, 51.20% |
Seats1: | 85 |
Seat Change1: | 19 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,169,298 |
Percentage1: | 54.86% |
Swing1: | 3.66 |
Leader2: | Steve Sviggum |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | April 17, 1992 |
Leaders Seat2: | 28B–Kenyon |
Last Election2: | 68 seats, 46.79% |
Seats2: | 49 |
Seat Change2: | 19 |
Popular Vote2: | 947,138 |
Percentage2: | 44.44% |
Swing2: | 2.35 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Steve Sviggum |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
After Election: | Margaret Anderson Kelliher |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 85th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 12, 2006.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the Republican Party of Minnesota, which had a majority since defeating the DFL in the 1998 election. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | ∆ | ∆ | % | ||||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 132 | 1,169,298 | 54.86 | 3.66 | 85 | 19 | 63.43 | ||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 131 | 947,138 | 44.44 | 2.35 | 49 | 19 | 36.57 | ||
Independence Party of Minnesota | 9 | 6,648 | 0.31 | 0.74 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,671 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Independent | 1 | 555 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | N/A | 5,048 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 2,131,358 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 86,460 | 3.90 | 1.20 | ||||||
Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[1] | 2,217,818 | 60.47 | 18.30 | ||||||