Election Name: | 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Image1: | File:Rep Kurt Daudt.jpg |
Leader1: | Kurt Daudt |
Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since1: | January 8, 2013 |
Leaders Seat1: | 31A–Crown |
Last Election1: | 61 seats, 45.13% |
Seats1: | 72 |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Popular Vote1: | 958,667 |
Percentage1: | 50.01% |
Swing1: | 4.88 |
Leader2: | Paul Thissen |
Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since2: | January 4, 2011 |
Leaders Seat2: | 61B–Minneapolis |
Last Election2: | 73 seats, 53.74% |
Seats2: | 62 |
Seat Change2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 944,961 |
Percentage2: | 49.30% |
Swing2: | 4.44 |
Map Size: | 301px |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Paul Thissen |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Kurt Daudt |
After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
The 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2014, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 89th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 12, 2014.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election, after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2015.
According to an analysis by the Star Tribune, based on past election results, fundraising, and other factors, 16 seats were vulnerable to switching parties. 14 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans.[15] According to MinnPost, 15 seats had the best chance of switching parties, based on the district's political lean (as calculated by MinnPost),[16] previous election results, and the strength of the respective candidates. 13 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans.[17]
District | Incumbent | Party | Star Tribune | MinnPost | Result | |||||
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data-sort-value="2" | 1B | data-sort-value="Kiel, Deb" | Deb Kiel | Republican | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="3" | 2A | data-sort-value="Erickson, Roger" | Roger Erickson | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="4" | 2B | data-sort-value="Green, Steve" | Steve Green | Republican | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="7" | 4A | data-sort-value="Lien, Ben" | Ben Lien | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="20" | 10B | data-sort-value="Radinovich, Joe" | Joe Radinovich | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="22" | 11B | data-sort-value="Faust, Tim" | Tim Faust | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="23" | 12A | data-sort-value="McNamar, Jay" | Jay McNamar | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="28" | 14B | data-sort-value="Dorholt, Zach" | Zach Dorholt | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="34" | 17A | data-sort-value="Falk, Andrew" | Andrew Falk | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="35" | 17B | data-sort-value="Sawatzky, Mary" | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="53" | 27A | data-sort-value="Savick, Shannon" | Shannon Savick | DFL | Republican gain | |||||
data-sort-value="71" | 36A | data-sort-value="Uglem, Mark" | Mark Uglem | Republican | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="95" | 48A | data-sort-value="Selcer, Yvonne" | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="97" | 49A | data-sort-value="Erhardt, Ron" | Ron Erhardt | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="98" | 49B | data-sort-value="Rosenthal, Paul" | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="101" | 51A | data-sort-value="Masin, Sandra" | Sandra Masin | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="102" | 51B | data-sort-value="Halverson, Laurie" | Laurie Halverson | DFL | Hold | |||||
data-sort-value="112" | 56B | data-sort-value="Morgan, Will" | Will Morgan | DFL | Republican gain |
District | Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
5A | Republican | Phillip Nelson | 1,289 | 100.00 |
DFL | John Persell[18] | 1,544 | 84.60 | |
Lavern Pederson[19] | 281 | 15.40 | ||
6A | Republican | Roger Weber | 977 | 100.00 |
DFL | Carly Melin | 2,979 | 80.04 | |
John Finken | 743 | 19.96 | ||
7B | Republican | Travis Silvers | 371 | 57.43 |
Carla Bayerl | 275 | 42.57 | ||
DFL | Erik Simonson | 1,601 | 100.00 | |
12A | Republican | Jeff Backer[20] | 1,777 | 55.55 |
Nancy Taffe[21] | 1,422 | 44.45 | ||
DFL | Jay McNamar | 1,512 | 100.00 | |
30B | Republican | Eric Lucero[22] | 1,363 | 63.99 |
Kevin Kasel[23] | 767 | 36.01 | ||
DFL | Sharon Shimek | 361 | 100.00 | |
35A | Republican | Abigail Whelan[24] | 1,794 | 80.70 |
Justin Boals[25] | 429 | 19.30 | ||
DFL | Peter Perovich | 781 | 100.00 | |
44B | Republican | Ryan Rutzick | 1,393 | 100.00 |
DFL | Jon Applebaum[26] | 1,053 | 37.58 | |
Tony Wagner[27] | 1,016 | 36.26 | ||
Jon Tollefson | 733 | 26.16 | ||
47A | Republican | Jim Nash[28] | 1,406 | 59.93 |
Bob Frey | 940 | 40.07 | ||
DFL | Matthew Gieseke | 474 | 100.00 | |
48B | Republican | Jenifer Loon[29] | 1,925 | 60.63 |
Sheila Kihne[30] | 1,250 | 39.37 | ||
DFL | Joan Howe-Pullis | 671 | 100.00 | |
51A | Republican | Andrea Todd-Harlin[31] | 891 | 55.90 |
Victor Lake[32] | 703 | 44.10 | ||
DFL | Sandra Masin | 970 | 100.00 | |
55A | Independence | Derek Thury | 21 | 100.00 |
Republican | Bob Loonan | 721 | 50.60 | |
Bruce Mackenthun[33] | 704 | 49.40 | ||
DFL | Jay Whiting[34] | 512 | 82.85 | |
Ronald Gray | 106 | 17.15 | ||
60B | Republican | Abdimalik Askar[35] | 91 | 81.25 |
Abdulkarim Godah | 21 | 18.75 | ||
DFL | Phyllis Kahn[36] | 2,332 | 54.47 | |
Mohamud Noor[37] | 1,949 | 45.53 | ||
63B | Republican | Andres Hortillosa | 543 | 100.00 |
DFL | Jean Wagenius | 2,166 | 91.08 | |
Roger Kittelson | 212 | 8.92 |
Polling firm/client | Polling period | Sample size | Margin of error | DFL | Republican | Other | Undecided | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 27–30, 2014 | 596 | ± 4.1% | align=center | 44% | 43% | 5% | 7% | |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 14–16, 2014 | 597 | ± 4.1% | align=center | 46% | 42% | 5% | 6% | |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | September 30 – October 2, 2014 | 577 | ± 4.2% | align=center | 46% | 42% | 5% | 7% | |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | August 19–21, 2014 | 600 | ± 4.1% | 43% | align=center | 45% | 5% | 8% | |
Public Policy Polling | June 12–15, 2014 | 633 | ± 3.9% | align=center | 46% | 41% | — | 14% | |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | June 5–9, 2014 | 1017 | ± 3.1% | 42% | align=center | 45% | 5% | 8% | |
Public Policy Polling | May 17–19, 2013 | 712 | ± 3.7% | align=center | 47% | 41% | — | 12% |
thumb|Districts won
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | ∆ | ∆ | % | ||||||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 133 | 958,667 | 50.01 | 4.88 | 72 | 11 | 53.73 | ||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 126 | 944,961 | 49.30 | 4.44 | 62 | 11 | 46.27 | ||
Independence Party of Minnesota | 4 | 2,846 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Green Party of Minnesota | 2 | 2,001 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,924 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | N/A | 6,455 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 1,916,854 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 75,712 | 3.80 | 3.60 | ||||||
Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters)[38] | 1,992,566 | 50.51 | 25.91 | ||||||
District | Incumbent | Candidates | |||||||||||
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Name | Party | First elected | Name | Party | Votes | % | Winner Party | ||||||
1A | Dan Fabian | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Fabian, Dan" | Dan Fabian[39] | Republican | 9,942 | 67.09 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 4,864 | 32.82 | |||||||||||
1B | Deb Kiel | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Kiel, Deb" | Deb Kiel | Republican | 7,176 | 55.61 | Republican | ||||
[40] | DFL | 5,721 | 44.34 | ||||||||||
2A | Roger Erickson | DFL | 2012 | Republican | 7,839 | 52.36 | Republican | ||||||
data-sort-value="Erickson, Roger" | Roger Erickson[41] | DFL | 7,109 | 47.49 | |||||||||
2B | Steve Green | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Green, Steve" | Steve Green | Republican | 8,335 | 57.16 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,236 | 42.77 | |||||||||||
3A | David Dill | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Dill, David" | David Dill | DFL | 12,067 | 65.55 | DFL | ||||
[42] | Republican | 6,297 | 34.21 | ||||||||||
3B | Mary Murphy | DFL | 1976 | data-sort-value="Murphy, Mary" | Mary Murphy | DFL | 9,956 | 62.16 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 6,041 | 37.72 | |||||||||||
4A | Ben Lien | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Lien, Ben" | Ben Lien[43] | DFL | 6,713 | 58.34 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,772 | 41.47 | |||||||||||
4B | Paul Marquart | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Marquart, Paul" | Paul Marquart | DFL | 9,135 | 65.84 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,734 | 34.12 | |||||||||||
5A | John Persell | DFL | 2008 | data-sort-value="Persell, John" | John Persell | DFL | 7,871 | 55.16 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 6,385 | 44.74 | |||||||||||
5B | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Anzelc, Tom" | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 9,449 | 56.54 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 7,241 | 43.33 | |||||||||||
6A | Carly Melin | DFL | 2011* | data-sort-value="Melin, Carly" | Carly Melin[44] | DFL | 11,257 | 69.38 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,930 | 30.39 | |||||||||||
6B | Jason Metsa | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Metsa, Jason" | Jason Metsa | DFL | 11,363 | 64.11 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 6,334 | 35.73 | |||||||||||
7A | Tom Huntley‡ | DFL | 1992 | [45] | DFL | 9,658 | 62.11 | DFL | |||||
Republican | 5,175 | 33.28 | |||||||||||
Green | 693 | 4.46 | |||||||||||
7B | Erik Simonson | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Simonson, Erik" | Erik Simonson[46] | DFL | 9,435 | 71.05 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 3,803 | 28.64 | |||||||||||
8A | Bud Nornes | Republican | 1996 | data-sort-value="Nornes, Bud" | Bud Nornes[47] | Republican | 9,739 | 64.69 | Republican | ||||
[48] | DFL | 5,303 | 35.22 | ||||||||||
8B | Mary Franson | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Franson, Mary" | Mary Franson[49] | Republican | 9,270 | 58.41 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,565 | 41.36 | |||||||||||
9A | Mark Anderson | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Anderson, Mark" | Mark Anderson[50] | Republican | 9,336 | 63.89 | Republican | ||||
[51] | DFL | 5,263 | 36.02 | ||||||||||
9B | Ron Kresha | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Kresha, Ron" | Ron Kresha | Republican | 8,449 | 56.42 | Republican | ||||
[52] | DFL | 6,518 | 43.53 | ||||||||||
10A | John Ward | DFL | 2006 | [53] | Republican | 8,646 | 53.37 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Ward, John" | John Ward[54] | DFL | 7,539 | 46.54 | |||||||||
10B | Joe Radinovich | DFL | 2012 | [55] | Republican | 9,209 | 51.86 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Radinovich, Joe" | Joe Radinovich[56] | DFL | 8,523 | 48.00 | |||||||||
11A | Mike Sundin | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Sundin, Mike" | Mike Sundin[57] | DFL | 9,493 | 62.35 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,717 | 37.55 | |||||||||||
11B | Tim Faust | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Republican | 7,545 | 53.67 | Republican | ||||||
data-sort-value="Faust, Tim" | Tim Faust | DFL | 6,488 | 46.15 | |||||||||
12A | Jay McNamar | DFL | 2012 | Republican | 8,725 | 51.85 | Republican | ||||||
data-sort-value="McNamar, Jay" | Jay McNamar[58] | DFL | 8,065 | 47.93 | |||||||||
12B | Paul Anderson | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Anderson, Paul" | Paul Anderson[59] | Republican | 9,920 | 67.84 | Republican | ||||
[60] | DFL | 4,694 | 32.10 | ||||||||||
13A | Jeff Howe | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Howe, Jeff" | Jeff Howe[61] | Republican | 8,562 | 60.51 | Republican | ||||
[62] | DFL | 5,572 | 39.38 | ||||||||||
13B | Tim O'Driscoll | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="ODrisscoll, Tim" | Tim O'Driscoll | Republican | 11,284 | 97.48 | Republican | ||||
14A | Tama Theis | Republican | 2013 | data-sort-value="Theis, Tama" | Tama Theis[63] | Republican | 7,292 | 54.90 | Republican | ||||
[64] | DFL | 5,972 | 44.96 | ||||||||||
14B | Zach Dorholt | DFL | 2012 | [65] | Republican | 5,674 | 50.15 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Dorholt, Zach" | Zach Dorholt[66] | DFL | 5,605 | 49.54 | |||||||||
15A | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 1998*, 2010† | data-sort-value="Erickson, Sondra" | Sondra Erickson[67] | Republican | 8,348 | 63.01 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 4,876 | 36.80 | |||||||||||
15B | Jim Newberger | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Newberger, Jim" | Jim Newberger | Republican | 9,166 | 63.93 | Republican | ||||
[68] | DFL | 5,154 | 35.95 | ||||||||||
16A | Chris Swedzinski | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Swedzinski, Chris" | Chris Swedzinski[69] | Republican | 8,642 | 61.72 | Republican | ||||
[70] | DFL | 5,355 | 38.24 | ||||||||||
16B | Paul Torkelson | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Torkelson, Paul" | Paul Torkelson[71] | Republican | 9,053 | 64.94 | Republican | ||||
[72] | DFL | 4,872 | 34.95 | ||||||||||
17A | Andrew Falk | DFL | 2008 | [73] | Republican | 8,453 | 55.37 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Falk, Andrew" | Andrew Falk | DFL | 6,789 | 44.47 | |||||||||
17B | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 2012 | [74] | Republican | 7,807 | 50.66 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Sawatzky, Mary" | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 7,593 | 49.27 | |||||||||
18A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Urdahl, Dean" | Dean Urdahl[75] | Republican | 9,965 | 67.22 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 4,808 | 32.43 | |||||||||||
18B | Glenn Gruenhagen | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Gruenhagen, Glenn" | Glenn Gruenhagen[76] | Republican | 8,801 | 63.94 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 4,939 | 35.88 | |||||||||||
19A | Clark Johnson | DFL | 2013 | data-sort-value="Johnson, Clark" | Clark Johnson[77] | DFL | 7,458 | 54.08 | DFL | ||||
[78] | Republican | 6,313 | 45.78 | ||||||||||
19B | Kathy Brynaert‡ | DFL | 2006 | [79] | DFL | 6,258 | 55.96 | DFL | |||||
[80] | Republican | 4,905 | 43.87 | ||||||||||
20A | Kelby Woodard‡ | Republican | 2010 | [81] | Republican | 8,836 | 64.29 | Republican | |||||
DFL | 4,881 | 35.52 | |||||||||||
20B | David Bly | DFL | 2006, 2012† | data-sort-value="Bly, David" | David Bly[82] | DFL | 8,300 | 57.97 | DFL | ||||
[83] | Republican | 5,985 | 41.80 | ||||||||||
21A | Tim Kelly | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Kelly, Tim" | Tim Kelly | Republican | 9,204 | 62.17 | Republican | ||||
[84] | DFL | 5,593 | 37.78 | ||||||||||
21B | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 2007* | data-sort-value="Drazkowski, Steve" | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 9,075 | 63.33 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 5,213 | 36.38 | |||||||||||
22A | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Schomacker, Joe" | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 9,779 | 66.71 | Republican | ||||
[85] | DFL | 4,868 | 33.21 | ||||||||||
22B | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 2004 | data-sort-value="Hamilton, Rod" | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 8,243 | 66.19 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 4,200 | 33.72 | |||||||||||
23A | Bob Gunther | Republican | 1995* | data-sort-value="Gunther, Bob" | Bob Gunther | Republican | 9,232 | 61.66 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 5,735 | 38.30 | |||||||||||
data-sort-value="46" | 23B | data-sort-value="Cornish, Tony" | Tony Cornish | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Cornish, Tony" | Tony Cornish | Republican | 11,339 | 96.11 | Republican | ||
24A | John Petersburg | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Petersburg, John" | John Petersburg[86] | Republican | 7,202 | 54.73 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 5,949 | 45.21 | |||||||||||
24B | Patti Fritz | DFL | 2004 | Republican | 6,163 | 50.85 | Republican | ||||||
data-sort-value="Fritz, Patti" | Patti Fritz | DFL | 5,942 | 49.02 | |||||||||
data-sort-value="49" | 25A | data-sort-value="Quam, Duane" | Duane Quam | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Quam, Duane" | Duane Quam[87] | Republican | 10,970 | 96.24 | Republican | ||
data-sort-value="50" | 25B | data-sort-value="Norton, Kim" | Kim Norton | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Norton, Kim" | Kim Norton | DFL | 9,844 | 94.91 | DFL | ||
26A | Tina Liebling | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Liebling, Tina" | Tina Liebling | DFL | 6,244 | 55.23 | DFL | ||||
[88] | Republican | 5,050 | 44.67 | ||||||||||
26B | Mike Benson‡ | Republican | 2010 | Republican | 9,251 | 59.85 | Republican | ||||||
[89] | DFL | 6,188 | 40.03 | ||||||||||
27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | 2012 | [90] | Republican | 8,155 | 53.04 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Savick, Shannon" | Shannon Savick[91] | DFL | 6,139 | 39.93 | |||||||||
Independence | 1,066 | 6.93 | |||||||||||
27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Poppe, Jeanne" | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 6,498 | 54.10 | DFL | ||||
[92] | Republican | 5,501 | 45.80 | ||||||||||
28A | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 1986 | data-sort-value="Pelowski, Gene" | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 7,279 | 62.70 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,307 | 37.10 | |||||||||||
28B | Greg Davids | Republican | 1991*, 2008† | data-sort-value="Davids, Greg" | Greg Davids[93] | Republican | 9,013 | 55.88 | Republican | ||||
[94] | DFL | 7,090 | 43.96 | ||||||||||
data-sort-value="57" | 29A | data-sort-value="McDonald, Joe" | Joe McDonald | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="McDonald, Joe" | Joe McDonald[95] | Republican | 11,839 | 96.80 | Republican | ||
data-sort-value="58" | 29B | data-sort-value="ONeill, Marion" | Marion O'Neill | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="ONeill, Marion" | Marion O'Neill | Republican | 10,196 | 96.77 | Republican | ||
30A | Nick Zerwas | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Zerwas, Nick" | Nick Zerwas[96] | Republican | 9,349 | 68.51 | Republican | ||||
[97] | DFL | 4,279 | 31.35 | ||||||||||
30B | David FitzSimmons‡ | Republican | 2012 | Republican | 9,005 | 67.75 | Republican | ||||||
DFL | 4,256 | 32.02 | |||||||||||
data-sort-value="61" | 31A | data-sort-value="Daudt, Kurt" | Kurt Daudt | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Daudt, Kurt" | Kurt Daudt | Republican | 10,363 | 96.67 | Republican | ||
31B | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 1994, 1998† | data-sort-value="Hackbarth, Tom" | Tom Hackbarth[98] | Republican | 9,726 | 64.47 | Republican | ||||
[99] | DFL | 5,339 | 35.39 | ||||||||||
32A | Brian Johnson | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Johnson, Brian" | Brian Johnson[100] | Republican | 8,006 | 57.48 | Republican | ||||
[101] | DFL | 5,907 | 42.41 | ||||||||||
32B | Bob Barrett | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Barrett, Bob" | Bob Barrett | Republican | 8,459 | 55.73 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,707 | 44.19 | |||||||||||
33A | Jerry Hertaus | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Hertaus, Jerry" | Jerry Hertaus[102] | Republican | 12,003 | 65.70 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,246 | 34.19 | |||||||||||
33B | Cindy Pugh | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Pugh, Cindy" | Cindy Pugh[103] | Republican | 10,934 | 61.22 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,911 | 38.69 | |||||||||||
34A | Joyce Peppin | Republican | 2004 | data-sort-value="Peppin, Joyce" | Joyce Peppin[104] | Republican | 12,411 | 97.05 | Republican | ||||
34B | Kurt Zellers‡ | Republican | 2003* | [105] | Republican | 9,016 | 56.36 | Republican | |||||
DFL | 6,965 | 43.54 | |||||||||||
35A | Jim Abeler‡ | Republican | 1998 | Republican | 7,808 | 59.95 | Republican | ||||||
[106] | DFL | 5,192 | 39.86 | ||||||||||
35B | Peggy Scott | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Scott, Peggy" | Peggy Scott | Republican | 10,034 | 65.97 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 5,162 | 33.94 | |||||||||||
36A | Mark Uglem | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Uglem, Mark" | Mark Uglem[107] | Republican | 8,080 | 58.95 | Republican | ||||
[108] | DFL | 5,608 | 40.92 | ||||||||||
36B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Hortman, Melissa" | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 7,407 | 51.90 | DFL | ||||
[109] | Republican | 6,851 | 48.00 | ||||||||||
37A | Jerry Newton | DFL | 2008, 2012† | data-sort-value="Newton, Jerry" | Jerry Newton[110] | DFL | 6,934 | 52.45 | DFL | ||||
[111] | Republican | 6,275 | 47.46 | ||||||||||
37B | Tim Sanders | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Sanders, Tim" | Tim Sanders | Republican | 7,602 | 55.40 | Republican | ||||
[112] | DFL | 6,111 | 44.54 | ||||||||||
38A | Linda Runbeck | Republican | 1989*, 2010† | data-sort-value="Runbeck, Linda" | Linda Runbeck[113] | Republican | 9,213 | 62.19 | Republican | ||||
[114] | DFL | 5,586 | 37.71 | ||||||||||
38B | Matt Dean | Republican | 2004 | data-sort-value="Dean, Matt" | Matt Dean | Republican | 9,529 | 56.07 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 7,444 | 43.80 | |||||||||||
39A | Bob Dettmer | Republican | 2006 | data-sort-value="Dettmer, Bob" | Bob Dettmer[115] | Republican | 9,730 | 58.02 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 7,028 | 41.91 | |||||||||||
39B | Kathy Lohmer | Republican | 2010 | data-sort-value="Lohmer, Kathy" | Kathy Lohmer[116] | Republican | 9,531 | 54.56 | Republican | ||||
[117] | DFL | 7,926 | 45.37 | ||||||||||
40A | Mike Nelson | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Nelson, Mike" | Mike Nelson | DFL | 5,711 | 64.85 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 3,077 | 34.94 | |||||||||||
40B | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Hilstrom, Debra" | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 6,778 | 67.36 | DFL | ||||
[118] | Republican | 3,265 | 32.45 | ||||||||||
41A | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 2000, 2012† | data-sort-value="Bernardy, Connie" | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 8,265 | 60.16 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,451 | 39.68 | |||||||||||
41B | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Laine, Carolyn" | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 8,322 | 57.38 | DFL | ||||
[119] | Republican | 4,248 | 29.29 | ||||||||||
Constitution | 1,924 | 13.27 | |||||||||||
42A | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Yarusso, Barb" | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 8,766 | 50.55 | DFL | ||||
[120] | Republican | 8,546 | 49.28 | ||||||||||
42B | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Isaacson, Jason" | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 8,814 | 52.30 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 8,014 | 47.55 | |||||||||||
43A | Peter Fischer | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Fischer, Peter" | Peter Fischer | DFL | 8,314 | 50.64 | DFL | ||||
[121] | Republican | 8,068 | 49.14 | ||||||||||
43B | Leon Lillie | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Lillie, Leon" | Leon Lillie | DFL | 7,891 | 58.08 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,672 | 41.75 | |||||||||||
44A | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 2006 | data-sort-value="Anderson, Sarah" | Sarah Anderson[122] | Republican | 9,377 | 55.51 | Republican | ||||
[123] | DFL | 7,504 | 44.43 | ||||||||||
44B | John Benson‡ | DFL | 2006 | DFL | 9,507 | 51.30 | DFL | ||||||
Republican | 8,981 | 48.46 | |||||||||||
45A | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 1972 | data-sort-value="Carlson, Lyndon" | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 7,988 | 56.52 | DFL | ||||
[124] | Republican | 6,117 | 43.28 | ||||||||||
45B | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Freiberg, Mike" | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 10,750 | 66.94 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,281 | 32.89 | |||||||||||
46A | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Winkler, Ryan" | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 10,666 | 66.17 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,425 | 33.66 | |||||||||||
46B | Steve Simon‡ | DFL | 2004 | [125] | DFL | 9,525 | 68.50 | DFL | |||||
Republican | 4,353 | 31.30 | |||||||||||
47A | Ernie Leidiger‡ | Republican | 2010 | [126] | Republican | 10,934 | 67.63 | Republican | |||||
DFL | 5,186 | 32.08 | |||||||||||
data-sort-value="94" | 47B | data-sort-value="Hoppe, Joe" | Joe Hoppe | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="Hoppe, Joe" | Joe Hoppe[127] | Republican | 11,340 | 97.18 | Republican | ||
48A | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Selcer, Yvonne" | Yvonne Selcer[128] | DFL | 9,606 | 50.04 | DFL | ||||
[129] | Republican | 9,565 | 49.83 | ||||||||||
48B | Jenifer Loon | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Loon, Jennifer" | Jenifer Loon[130] | Republican | 10,294 | 64.42 | Republican | ||||
[131] | DFL | 5,661 | 35.43 | ||||||||||
49A | Ron Erhardt | DFL | 1990, 2012† | data-sort-value="Erhardt, Ron" | Ron Erhardt[132] | DFL | 10,206 | 51.38 | DFL | ||||
[133] | Republican | 9,645 | 48.55 | ||||||||||
49B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | 2008, 2012† | data-sort-value="Rosenthal, Paul" | Paul Rosenthal[134] | DFL | 10,171 | 52.80 | DFL | ||||
[135] | Republican | 9,075 | 47.11 | ||||||||||
50A | Linda Slocum | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Slocum, Linda" | Linda Slocum | DFL | 8,260 | 64.72 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,481 | 35.11 | |||||||||||
50B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | 1998 | data-sort-value="Lenczewski, Ann" | Ann Lenczewski[136] | DFL | 10,060 | 65.60 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,251 | 34.24 | |||||||||||
51A | Sandra Masin | DFL | 2006, 2012† | data-sort-value="Masin, Sandra" | Sandra Masin[137] | DFL | 7,262 | 51.47 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 6,821 | 48.34 | |||||||||||
51B | Laurie Halverson | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Halverson, Laurie" | Laurie Halverson[138] | DFL | 8,757 | 51.09 | DFL | ||||
[139] | Republican | 8,366 | 48.80 | ||||||||||
52A | Rick Hansen | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Hansen, Rick" | Rick Hansen | DFL | 9,777 | 59.38 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 6,661 | 40.46 | |||||||||||
52B | Joe Atkins | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Atkins, Joe" | Joe Atkins | DFL | 9,831 | 64.47 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,405 | 35.45 | |||||||||||
53A | JoAnn Ward | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Ward, JoAnn" | JoAnn Ward[140] | DFL | 8,420 | 58.36 | DFL | ||||
[141] | Republican | 5,983 | 41.47 | ||||||||||
53B | Andrea Kieffer‡ | Republican | 2010 | [142] | Republican | 8,634 | 56.93 | Republican | |||||
[143] | DFL | 6,515 | 42.96 | ||||||||||
54A | Dan Schoen | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Schoen, Dan" | Dan Schoen | DFL | 7,047 | 55.52 | DFL | ||||
[144] | Republican | 5,629 | 44.35 | ||||||||||
54B | Denny McNamara | Republican | 2002 | data-sort-value="McNamara, Denny" | Denny McNamara | Republican | 8,853 | 60.54 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 5,750 | 39.32 | |||||||||||
55A | Mike Beard‡ | Republican | 2002 | [145] | Republican | 6,439 | 56.75 | Republican | |||||
DFL | 4,398 | 38.76 | |||||||||||
Independence | 500 | 4.41 | |||||||||||
55B | Tony Albright | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Albright, Tony" | Tony Albright | Republican | 9,278 | 61.00 | Republican | ||||
[146] | DFL | 5,422 | 35.65 | ||||||||||
Independence | 507 | 3.33 | |||||||||||
56A | Pam Myhra‡ | Republican | 2010 | [147] | Republican | 7,498 | 55.81 | Republican | |||||
[148] | DFL | 5,913 | 44.01 | ||||||||||
56B | Will Morgan | DFL | 2006, 2012† | [149] | Republican | 7,856 | 53.99 | Republican | |||||
data-sort-value="Morgan, Will" | Will Morgan[150] | DFL | 6,669 | 45.83 | |||||||||
57A | Tara Mack | Republican | 2008 | data-sort-value="Mack, Tara" | Tara Mack | Republican | 8,347 | 58.44 | Republican | ||||
[151] | DFL | 5,931 | 41.52 | ||||||||||
57B | Anna Wills | Republican | 2012 | data-sort-value="Wills, Anna" | Anna Wills[152] | Republican | 9,083 | 58.40 | Republican | ||||
DFL | 6,458 | 41.53 | |||||||||||
58A | Mary Liz Holberg‡ | Republican | 1998 | [153] | Republican | 8,021 | 55.28 | Republican | |||||
[154] | DFL | 6,476 | 44.63 | ||||||||||
58B | Pat Garofalo | Republican | 2004 | data-sort-value="Garofalo, Pat" | Pat Garofalo[155] | Republican | 8,878 | 63.85 | Republican | ||||
[156] | DFL | 5,008 | 36.02 | ||||||||||
59A | Joe Mullery | DFL | 1996 | data-sort-value="Mullery, Joe" | Joe Mullery | DFL | 7,358 | 81.98 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 1,547 | 17.24 | |||||||||||
59B | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 2012 | data-sort-value="Dehn, Raymond" | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 8,671 | 78.10 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,378 | 21.42 | |||||||||||
60A | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 2004 | data-sort-value="Loeffler, Diane" | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 11,819 | 82.42 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,472 | 17.24 | |||||||||||
60B | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | 1972 | data-sort-value="Kahn, Phyllis" | Phyllis Kahn[157] | DFL | 7,908 | 76.89 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,298 | 22.34 | |||||||||||
61A | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Hornstein, Frank" | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 14,239 | 80.79 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 3,341 | 18.96 | |||||||||||
61B | Paul Thissen | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Thissen, Paul" | Paul Thissen | DFL | 14,740 | 80.94 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 3,445 | 18.92 | |||||||||||
62A | Karen Clark | DFL | 1980 | data-sort-value="Clark, Karen" | Karen Clark[158] | DFL | 6,632 | 82.13 | DFL | ||||
Independence | 773 | 9.57 | |||||||||||
Republican | 650 | 8.05 | |||||||||||
62B | Susan Allen | DFL | 2012* | data-sort-value="Allen, Susan" | Susan Allen | DFL | 11,495 | 88.66 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 1,417 | 10.93 | |||||||||||
63A | Jim Davnie | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Davnie, Jim" | Jim Davnie | DFL | 15,026 | 86.44 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,297 | 13.21 | |||||||||||
63B | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 1986 | data-sort-value="Wagenius, Jean" | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 12,447 | 75.06 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 4,086 | 24.64 | |||||||||||
64A | Erin Murphy | DFL | 2006 | data-sort-value="Murphy, Erin" | Erin Murphy[159] | DFL | 13,193 | 81.21 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 3,009 | 18.52 | |||||||||||
64B | Michael Paymar‡ | DFL | 1996 | [160] | DFL | 13,356 | 73.49 | DFL | |||||
Republican | 4,771 | 26.25 | |||||||||||
65A | Rena Moran | DFL | 2010 | data-sort-value="Moran, Rena" | Rena Moran[161] | DFL | 6,626 | 71.20 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 1,358 | 14.59 | |||||||||||
Green | 1,308 | 14.06 | |||||||||||
65B | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 1990 | data-sort-value="Mariani, Carlos" | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 8,590 | 77.54 | DFL | ||||
[162] | Republican | 2,427 | 21.91 | ||||||||||
66A | Alice Hausman | DFL | 1989* | data-sort-value="Hausman, Alice" | Alice Hausman[163] | DFL | 11,100 | 67.09 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 5,421 | 32.76 | |||||||||||
66B | John Lesch | DFL | 2002 | data-sort-value="Lesch, John" | John Lesch | DFL | 7,047 | 76.41 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,127 | 23.06 | |||||||||||
67A | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 1998 | data-sort-value="Mahoney, Tim" | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 5,400 | 72.43 | DFL | ||||
Republican | 2,032 | 27.26 | |||||||||||
67B | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 2000 | data-sort-value="Johnson, Sheldon" | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 6,222 | 72.82 | DFL | ||||
[164] | Republican | 2,289 | 26.79 |
The following sought election but later withdrew and did not file an affidavit of candidacy.
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11A | [168] | Republican | |
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17A | [169] | Republican | |
19B | [170] | DFL | |
20A | [171] | DFL | |
[172] | Republican | ||
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24B | [174] | Libertarian | |
27A | [175] | Republican | |
31A | [176] | Republican | |
34B | [177] | Republican | |
35A | [178] | Republican | |
[179] | Republican | ||
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49A | [181] | Republican | |
64B | [182] | DFL | |
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thumb|Seat gains and holds by party
Party | Incumbent | District | First elected | Defeated by | Party | ||
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DFL | data-sort-value="14.1" | 14B | 2012 | Republican | |||
data-sort-value="2" | 2A | 2012 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="17" | 17A | 2008 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="11.1" | 11B | 2006, 2012* | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="24.1" | 24B | 2004 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="12" | 12A | 2012 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="56.1" | 56B | 2006, 2012* | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="10.1" | 10B | 2012 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="27" | 27A | 2012 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="17.1" | 17B | 2012 | Republican | ||||
data-sort-value="10" | 10A | 2006 | Republican |
The Republicans made most of their gains in rural districts, continuing a trend of rural districts leaning more towards the Republicans and suburban districts leaning more towards the DFL.[184] Of the 11 districts they gained from the DFL, 10 are outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Seven rural DFL incumbents who voted for legalizing same-sex marriage lost their seats, despite their districts having supported a proposed constitutional amendment in 2012 to ban it. Yet two rural DFL incumbents who voted against legalizing same-sex marriage also lost their seats.[185]
Split-ticket voters determined the outcome of several key races. Nearly 450,000 voters chose one party's candidate for a House seat, but then switched to pick a different party's candidate for the United States Senate or governor. Eight of the 11 districts the DFL lost featured at least some ticket splitting between DFL candidate for governor Mark Dayton and/or U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken and the Republican House candidate. Nearly all of the DFL candidates who lost came from districts in which many voters supported Republicans in previous elections, including candidates for governor Republican Tom Emmer over Democrat Mark Dayton in 2010 and presidential candidates Republican Mitt Romney over Democratic president Barack Obama in 2012.[186]
Outside and party spending reached large levels in several House districts compared to what has been spent in the past as Republican groups focused their attention on the House rather than statewide races. In some races, spending reached $500,000.
Turnout was the lowest in more than 20 years, with slightly over 50 percent of eligible voters having voted. Turnout across the state was lower compared to 2010. It was slightly lower in the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, helping suburban DFL candidates win in those areas. In rural Minnesota, turnout was down by about 10 percentage points since 2010. Much of the drop-off was among DFL voters, while those who did vote in those districts were likely over the age of 45.[187]