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The 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 88th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2012.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota.[1] This was the first election for the Republicans since it won a majority of seats in the 2010 election, after losing a majority to the DFL in the 2006 election. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics #6
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Hi, I'm Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics, and today we're going to talk about what is, if you ask the general public, the most important part of politics: elections. If you ask me, it's hair styles. Look at Martin Van Buren's sideburns, how could he not be elected? Americans are kind of obsessed with elections, I mean when this was being recorded in early 2015, television, news and the internet were already talking about who would be Democrat and Republican candidates for president in 2016. And many of the candidates have unofficially been campaigning for years. I've been campaigning; your grandma's been campaigning. Presidential elections are exciting and you can gamble on them. Is that legal, can you gamble on them, Stan? Anyway, why we're so obsessed with them is a topic for another day. Right now I'm gonna tell you that the fixation on the presidential elections is wrong, but not because the president doesn't matter. No, today we're gonna look at the elections of the people that are supposed to matter the most, Congress. Constitutionally at least, Congress is the most important branch of government because it is the one that is supposed to be the most responsive to the people. One of the main reasons it's so responsive, at least in theory, is the frequency of elections. If a politician has to run for office often, he or she, because unlike the president we have women serving in Congress, kind of has to pay attention to what the constituents want, a little bit, maybe. By now, I'm sure that most of you have memorized the Constitution, so you recognize that despite their importance in the way we discuss politics, elections aren't really a big feature of the Constitution. Except of course for the ridiculously complex electoral college system for choosing the president, which we don't even want to think about for a few episodes. In fact, here's what the Constitution says about Congressional Elections in Article 1 Section 2: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature." So the Constitution does establish that the whole of the house is up for election every 2 years, and 1/3 of the senate is too, but mainly it leaves the scheduling and rules of elections up to the states. The actual rules of elections, like when the polls are open and where they actually are, as well as the registration requirements, are pretty much up to the states, subject to some federal election law. If you really want to know the rules in your state, I'm sure that someone at the Board of Elections, will be happy to explain them to you. Really, you should give them a call; they're very, very lonely. In general though, here's what we can say about American elections. First stating the super obvious, in order to serve in congress, you need to win an election. In the House of Representatives, each election district chooses a single representative, which is why we call them single-member districts. The number of districts is determined by the Census, which happens every 10 years, and which means that elections ending in zeros are super important, for reasons that I'll explain in greater detail in a future episode. It's because of gerrymandering. The Senate is much easier to figure out because both of the state Senators are elected by the entire state. It's as if the state itself were a single district, which is true for states like Wyoming, which are so unpopulated as to have only 1 representative. Sometimes these elections are called at large elections. Before the election ever happens, you need candidates. How candidates are chosen differs from state to state, but usually it has something to do with political parties, although it doesn't have to. Why are things so complicated?! What we can say is that candidates, or at least good candidates, usually have certain characteristics. Sorry America. First off, if you are gonna run for office, you should have an unblemished record, free of, oh I don't know, felony convictions or sex scandals, except maybe in Louisiana or New York. This might lead to some pretty bland candidates or people who are so calculating that they have no skeletons in their closet, but we Americans are a moral people and like our candidates to reflect our ideals rather than our reality. The second characteristic that a candidate must possess is the ability to raise money. Now some candidates are billionaires and can finance their own campaigns. But most billionaires have better things to do: buying yachts, making even more money, building money forts, buying more yachts, so they don't have time to run for office. But most candidates get their money for their campaigns by asking for it. The ability to raise money is key, especially now, because running for office is expensive. Can I get a how expensive is it? "How expensive is it?!" Well, so expensive that the prices of elections continually rises and in 2012 winners of House races spent nearly 2 million each. Senate winners spent more than 10 million. By the time this episode airs, I'm sure the numbers will be much higher like a gajillion billion million. Money is important in winning an election, but even more important, statistically, is already being in Congress. Let's go to the Thought Bubble. The person holding an office who runs for that office again is called the incumbent and has a big advantage over any challenger. This is according to political scientists who, being almost as bad at naming things as historians, refer to this as incumbency advantage. There are a number of reasons why incumbents tend to hold onto their seats in congress, if they want to. The first is that a sitting congressman has a record to run on, which we hope includes some legislative accomplishments, although for the past few Congresses, these don't seem to matter. The record might include case work, which is providing direct services to constituents. This is usually done by congressional staffers and includes things like answering questions about how to get certain government benefits or writing recommendation letters to West Point. Congressmen can also provide jobs to constituents, which is usually a good way to get them to vote for you. These are either government jobs, kind of rare these days, called patronage or indirect employment through government contracts for programs within a Congressman's district. These programs are called earmarks or pork barrel programs, and they are much less common now because Congress has decided not to use them any more, sort of. The second advantage that incumbents have is that they have a record of winning elections, which if you think about it, is pretty obvious. Being a proven winner makes it easier for a congressmen to raise money, which helps them win, and long term incumbents tend to be more powerful in Congress which makes it even easier for them to raise money and win. The Constitution give incumbents one structural advantage too. Each elected congressman is allowed $100,000 and free postage to send out election materials. This is called the franking privilege. It's not so clear how great an advantage this is in the age of the internet, but at least according to the book The Victory Lab, direct mail from candidates can be surprisingly effective. How real is this incumbency advantage? Well if you look at the numbers, it seems pretty darn real. Over the past 60 years, almost 90% of members of The House of Representatives got re-elected. The Senate has been even more volatile, but even at the low point in 1980 more than 50% of sitting senators got to keep their jobs. Thanks, Thought Bubble. You're so great. So those are some of the features of congressional elections. Now, if you'll permit me to get a little politically sciencey, I'd like to try to explain why elections are so important to the way that Congressmen and Senators do their jobs. In 1974, political scientist David Mayhew published a book in which he described something he called "The Electoral Connection." This was the idea that Congressmen were primarily motivated by the desire to get re-elected, which intuitively makes a lot of sense, even though I'm not sure what evidence he had for this conclusion. Used to be able to get away with that kind of thing I guess, clearly David may-not-hew to the rules of evidence, pun [rim shot], high five, no. Anyway Mayhew's research methodology isn't as important as his idea itself because The Electoral Connection provides a frame work for understanding congressman's activities. Mayhew divided representatives' behaviors and activities into three categories. The first is advertising; congressmen work to develop their personal brand so that they are recognizable to voters. Al D'Amato used to be know in New York as Senator Pothole, because he was able to bring home so much pork that he could actually fix New York's streets. Not by filling them with pork, money, its money, remember pork barrel spending? The second activity is credit claiming; Congressmen get things done so that they can say they got them done. A lot of case work and especially pork barrel spending are done in the name of credit claiming. Related to credit claiming, but slightly different, is position taking. This means making a public judgmental statement on something likely to be of interest to voters. Senators can do this through filibusters. Representatives can't filibuster, but they can hold hearings, publicly supporting a hearing is a way of associating yourself with an idea without having to actually try to pass legislation. And of course they can go on the TV, especially on Sunday talk shows. What's a TV, who even watches TV? Now the idea of The Electoral Connection doesn't explain every action a member of Congress takes; sometimes they actually make laws to benefit the public good or maybe solve problems, huh, what an idea! But Mayhew's idea gives us a way of thinking about Congressional activity, an analytical lens that connects what Congressmen actually do with how most of us understand Congressmen, through elections. So the next time you see a Congressmen call for a hearing on a supposed horrible scandal or read about a Senator threatening to filibuster a policy that may have significant popular support, ask yourself, "Is this Representative claiming credit or taking a position, and how will this build their brand?" In other words: what's the electoral connection and how will whatever they're doing help them get elected? This might feel a little cynical, but the reality is Mayhew's thesis often seems to fit with today's politics. Thanks for watching, see you next week. Vote for me; I'm on the TV. I'm not -- I'm on the YouTube. Crash Course: Government and Politics is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios. Support for Crash Course US Government comes from Voqal. Voqal supports nonprofits that use technology and media to advance social equity. Learn more about their mission and initiatives at Voqal.org. Crash Course is made by all of these nice people. Thanks for watching. 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Primary election results
District | Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
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2B | Republican | Steve Green | 790 | 53.45 |
David Collins | 688 | 46.55 | ||
DFL | Brita Sailer | 1,188 | 100.00 | |
4A | Republican | Travis Reimche | 768 | 69.44 |
Ken Lucier | 262 | 23.69 | ||
Benjamin Larson | 76 | 6.87 | ||
DFL | Ben Lien | 853 | 74.30 | |
Sue Wiger | 295 | 25.70 | ||
6B | Republican | Jesse Colangelo | 689 | 64.21 |
Dan Darbo | 384 | 35.79 | ||
DFL | Jason Metsa | 3,396 | 53.96 | |
Lorrie Janatopoulos | 2,590 | 41.16 | ||
Dave Meyer | 307 | 4.88 | ||
7A | Republican | Therese Bower | 400 | 100.00 |
DFL | Tom Huntley | 3,337 | 81.51 | |
Brandon Clokey | 757 | 18.49 | ||
8B | Republican | Mary Franson | 1,167 | 100.00 |
DFL | Bob Cunniff | 1,342 | 75.82 | |
Bruce Campbell | 428 | 24.18 | ||
10B | Republican | Dale Lueck | 1,538 | 100.00 |
DFL | Joe Radinovich | 2,422 | 76.00 | |
David Schaaf | 765 | 24.00 | ||
11A | Independence | Cory Pylkka | 27 | 100.00 |
Republican | Jim Putnam | 621 | 100.00 | |
DFL | Mike Sundin | 2,364 | 57.60 | |
Bruce Ahlgren | 1,740 | 42.40 | ||
11B | Republican | Ben Wiener | 1,848 | 57.39 |
Mitch Pangerl | 1,372 | 42.61 | ||
DFL | Tim Faust | 2,193 | 62.57 | |
Nathan Johnson | 1,312 | 37.43 | ||
15B | Republican | Jim Newberger | 679 | 100.00 |
DFL | Brian Johnson | 480 | 77.80 | |
Bruno Gad | 137 | 22.20 | ||
17B | Independence | Zachary Liebl | 63 | 100.00 |
Republican | Bruce Vogel | 689 | 100.00 | |
DFL | Mary Sawatzky | 1,994 | 65.92 | |
Jessica Rohloff | 1,031 | 34.08 | ||
24A | Republican | John Petersburg | 1,488 | 66.10 |
Larry Johnson | 763 | 33.90 | ||
DFL | Craig Brenden | 484 | 100.00 | |
33B | Republican | Cindy Pugh | 2,251 | 70.34 |
Steve Smith | 949 | 29.66 | ||
DFL | Denise Bader | 681 | 100.00 | |
35B | Republican | Peggy Scott | 987 | 100.00 |
DFL | Sam Scott | 497 | 70.80 | |
Samuel Beard | 205 | 29.20 | ||
37B | Republican | Tim Sanders | 978 | 89.72 |
Torey Hall | 112 | 10.28 | ||
DFL | Jon Chlebeck | 522 | 100.00 | |
43A | Republican | Stacey Stout | 774 | 100.00 |
DFL | Peter Fischer | 1,534 | 53.67 | |
Bob Hill | 1,324 | 46.33 | ||
43B | Republican | Kevin Klein | 336 | 55.45 |
Bob Zick | 270 | 44.55 | ||
DFL | Leon Lillie | 1,224 | 100.00 | |
51A | Republican | Diane Anderson | 979 | 100.00 |
DFL | Sandra Masin | 828 | 88.09 | |
Milton Walden | 112 | 11.91 | ||
52A | Republican | Joe Blum | 704 | 53.74 |
David Meisinger | 606 | 46.26 | ||
DFL | Rick Hansen | 1,242 | 100.00 | |
55B | Republican | Tony Albright | 897 | 78.75 |
Tim Jesperson | 242 | 21.25 | ||
DFL | Travis Burton | 449 | 100.00 | |
59A | Republican | Cindy Lilly | 225 | 100.00 |
DFL | Joe Mullery | 1,441 | 77.27 | |
Marcus Harcus | 424 | 22.73 | ||
59B | Republican | Gary Mazzotta | 98 | 55.37 |
Bill McGaughey | 79 | 44.63 | ||
DFL | Raymond Dehn | 877 | 37.15 | |
Terra Cole | 857 | 36.30 | ||
Ian Alexander | 627 | 26.56 |
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[2]
General election
Opinion polling
Polling firm/client | Polling period | Sample size |
Margin of error (pp) |
Republican | DFL | Independence | Other | Undecided |
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SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | November 1–3, 2012 | 556 LV | ±4.2 | 40% | 48% | 6% | 6% | 1% |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 26–28, 2012 | 574 LV | ±4.2 | 40% | 45% | 8% | 6% | 1% |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 12–14, 2012 | 550 LV | ±4.3 | 36% | 45% | 8% | 3% | 9% |
Public Policy Polling | October 5–8, 2012 | 937 LV | ±3.2 | 40% | 52% | — | — | 8% |
Public Policy Polling | September 10–11, 2012 | 824 LV | ±3.4 | 44% | 47% | — | — | 9% |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | September 6–9, 2012 | 551 LV | ±4.3 | 38% | 45% | 6% | 3% | 9% |
SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | July 17–19, 2012 | 552 LV | ±4.3 | 40% | 45% | 8% | 2% | 6% |
Public Policy Polling | May 31 – June 3, 2012 | 973 | ±3.1 | 36% | 48% | — | — | 16% |
Public Policy Polling | January 21–22, 2012 | 1,236 | ±2.8 | 39% | 48% | — | — | 14% |
Public Policy Polling Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine | May 27–30, 2011 | 1,179 | ±2.9 | 40% | 49% | — | — | 11% |
Results
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 132 | 1,468,364 | 53.74 | 5.25 | 73 | 11 | 54.48 | |
Republican Party of Minnesota | 132 | 1,233,214 | 45.13 | 5.31 | 61 | 11 | 45.52 | |
Independence Party of Minnesota | 10 | 13,585 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 2 | 3,626 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Ecology Democracy Party | 1 | 1,423 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Independent | 1 | 2,303 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Write-in | N/A | 9,918 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 2,732,433 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 218,347 | 7.40 | 4.13 | |||||
Turnout (out of 3,861,043 eligible voters)[3] | 2,950,780 | 76.42 | 20.59 | |||||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[4] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[5] |
District results
District | Candidates | Party | Votes | % | Winner Party |
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1A | Dan Fabian | Republican | 11,146 | 60.17 | Republican |
Bruce Patterson | DFL | 7,370 | 39.78 | ||
1B | Deb Kiel | Republican | 9,401 | 51.90 | Republican |
Marc Demers | DFL | 8,685 | 47.95 | ||
2A | Roger Erickson | DFL | 10,730 | 54.60 | DFL |
Dave Hancock | Republican | 8,901 | 45.29 | ||
2B | Steve Green | Republican | 9,759 | 50.96 | Republican |
Brita Sailer | DFL | 9,376 | 48.96 | ||
3A | David Dill | DFL | 14,671 | 66.75 | DFL |
Jim Tuomala | Republican | 7,228 | 32.88 | ||
3B | Mary Murphy | DFL | 14,366 | 64.93 | DFL |
Keith MacDonald | Republican | 7,727 | 34.93 | ||
4A | Ben Lien | DFL | 10,011 | 54.80 | DFL |
Travis Reimche | Republican | 8,218 | 44.99 | ||
4B | Paul Marquart | DFL | 12,637 | 65.23 | DFL |
Paul Sandman | Republican | 6,719 | 34.68 | ||
5A | John Persell | DFL | 10,901 | 56.12 | DFL |
Larry Howes | Republican | 8,497 | 43.75 | ||
5B | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 11,162 | 53.41 | DFL |
Carolyn McElfatrick | Republican | 9,707 | 46.45 | ||
6A | Carly Melin | DFL | 14,589 | 70.79 | DFL |
Roger Weber | Republican | 5,989 | 29.06 | ||
6B | Jason Metsa | DFL | 15,146 | 68.17 | DFL |
Jesse Colangelo | Republican | 7,012 | 31.56 | ||
7A | Tom Huntley | DFL | 15,622 | 70.88 | DFL |
Therese Bower | Republican | 6,302 | 28.59 | ||
7B | Erik Simonson | DFL | 12,450 | 62.49 | DFL |
Travis Silvers | Republican | 4,345 | 21.81 | ||
8A | Bud Nornes | Republican | 13,190 | 62.77 | Republican |
Chester Nettestad | DFL | 7,800 | 37.12 | ||
8B | Mary Franson | Republican | 10,642 | 49.98 | Republican |
Bob Cunniff | DFL | 10,630 | 49.93 | ||
9A | Mark Anderson | Republican | 10,972 | 57.97 | Republican |
Don Niles | DFL | 7,922 | 41.86 | ||
9B | Ron Kresha | Republican | 9,881 | 52.97 | Republican |
Adrian Welle | DFL | 8,751 | 46.91 | ||
10A | John Ward | DFL | 11,789 | 56.98 | DFL |
Chris Kellett | Republican | 8,872 | 42.88 | ||
10B | Joe Radinovich | DFL | 11,087 | 50.69 | DFL |
Dale Lueck | Republican | 10,764 | 49.22 | ||
11A | Mike Sundin | DFL | 12,610 | 63.87 | DFL |
Jim Putnam | Republican | 5,931 | 30.04 | ||
Cory Pylkka | Independence | 1,164 | 5.90 | ||
11B | Tim Faust | DFL | 9,396 | 51.23 | DFL |
Ben Wiener | Republican | 8,908 | 48.57 | ||
12A | Jay McNamar | DFL | 10,092 | 47.49 | DFL |
Scott Dutcher | Republican | 9,837 | 46.29 | ||
Dave Holman | Independence | 1,305 | 6.14 | ||
12B | Paul Anderson | Republican | 13,043 | 66.33 | Republican |
Rick Rosenfield | DFL | 6,611 | 33.62 | ||
13A | Jeff Howe | Republican | 12,073 | 59.08 | Republican |
Richard Bohannon | DFL | 8,337 | 40.80 | ||
13B | Tim O'Driscoll | Republican | 12,076 | 60.22 | Republican |
Shannon Schroeder | DFL | 7,946 | 39.62 | ||
14A | Steve Gottwalt | Republican | 10,269 | 53.90 | Republican |
Anne Nolan | DFL | 8,726 | 45.80 | ||
14B | Zach Dorholt | DFL | 10,017 | 56.22 | DFL |
King Banaian | Republican | 7,749 | 43.49 | ||
15A | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 10,027 | 52.36 | Republican |
Joe Walsh | DFL | 9,106 | 47.55 | ||
15B | Jim Newberger | Republican | 11,414 | 57.77 | Republican |
Brian Johnson | DFL | 8,316 | 42.09 | ||
16A | Chris Swedzinski | Republican | 10,991 | 56.72 | Republican |
Al Kruse | DFL | 8,363 | 43.16 | ||
16B | Paul Torkelson | Republican | 11,243 | 56.14 | Republican |
James Kanne | DFL | 6,466 | 32.29 | ||
Jerry Pagel | Independent | 2,303 | 11.50 | ||
17A | Andrew Falk | DFL | 10,489 | 53.86 | DFL |
Tim Miller | Republican | 8,956 | 45.99 | ||
17B | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 9,370 | 48.30 | DFL |
Bruce Vogel | Republican | 8,562 | 44.13 | ||
Zachary Liebl | Independence | 1,457 | 7.51 | ||
18A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 11,744 | 58.28 | Republican |
Nancy Larson | DFL | 8,372 | 41.55 | ||
18B | Glenn Gruenhagen | Republican | 11,053 | 58.00 | Republican |
Logan Campa | DFL | 7,971 | 41.83 | ||
19A | Terry Morrow | DFL | 17,263 | 97.65 | DFL |
19B | Kathy Brynaert | DFL | 11,897 | 63.93 | DFL |
Thad Shunkwiler | Republican | 6,660 | 35.79 | ||
20A | Kelby Woodard | Republican | 10,878 | 54.46 | Republican |
Ryan Wolf | DFL | 9,071 | 45.41 | ||
20B | David Bly | DFL | 11,700 | 56.90 | DFL |
Brian Wermerskirchen | Republican | 8,843 | 43.00 | ||
21A | Tim Kelly | Republican | 12,174 | 57.49 | Republican |
John Bacon | DFL | 8,969 | 42.35 | ||
21B | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 11,759 | 57.95 | Republican |
Bruce Montplaisir | DFL | 8,511 | 41.94 | ||
22A | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 11,555 | 59.01 | Republican |
Eugene Short | DFL | 8,006 | 40.88 | ||
22B | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 10,165 | 60.06 | Republican |
Cheryl Avenel-Navara | DFL | 6,745 | 39.85 | ||
23A | Bob Gunther | Republican | 11,544 | 56.39 | Republican |
Kevin Labenz | DFL | 8,908 | 43.51 | ||
23B | Tony Cornish | Republican | 16,278 | 96.25 | Republican |
24A | John Petersburg | Republican | 9,906 | 52.18 | Republican |
Craig Brenden | DFL | 9,036 | 47.60 | ||
24B | Patti Fritz | DFL | 9,988 | 56.71 | DFL |
Dan Kaiser | Republican | 7,608 | 43.20 | ||
25A | Duane Quam | Republican | 11,056 | 54.55 | Republican |
John Vossen | DFL | 9,188 | 45.34 | ||
25B | Kim Norton | DFL | 11,869 | 57.53 | DFL |
Melissa Valeriano | Republican | 8,725 | 42.29 | ||
26A | Tina Liebling | DFL | 10,484 | 58.80 | DFL |
Breanna Bly | Republican | 7,306 | 40.97 | ||
26B | Mike Benson | Republican | 12,427 | 57.10 | Republican |
Pat Stallman | DFL | 9,295 | 42.71 | ||
27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | 9,743 | 47.70 | DFL |
Rich Murray | Republican | 9,090 | 44.50 | ||
William Wagner | Independence | 1,574 | 7.71 | ||
27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 11,486 | 62.78 | DFL |
Nathan Neitzell | Republican | 6,792 | 37.12 | ||
28A | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 12,969 | 66.68 | DFL |
Adam Pace | Republican | 6,435 | 33.08 | ||
28B | Greg Davids | Republican | 12,006 | 58.22 | Republican |
Ken Tschumper | DFL | 8,542 | 41.42 | ||
29A | Joe McDonald | Republican | 13,002 | 61.94 | Republican |
Susann Dye | DFL | 7,954 | 37.89 | ||
29B | Marion O'Neill | Republican | 9,654 | 50.15 | Republican |
Barrett Chrissis | DFL | 8,136 | 42.26 | ||
Eugene Newcombe | Independence | 1,429 | 7.42 | ||
30A | Nick Zerwas | Republican | 12,723 | 63.74 | Republican |
Holly Neuman | DFL | 7,217 | 36.16 | ||
30B | David FitzSimmons | Republican | 12,022 | 61.84 | Republican |
Sharon Shimek | DFL | 7,386 | 37.99 | ||
31A | Kurt Daudt | Republican | 11,990 | 60.42 | Republican |
Ryan Fiereck | DFL | 7,823 | 39.42 | ||
31B | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 13,101 | 60.84 | Republican |
Louise Fay Woodberry | DFL | 8,391 | 38.97 | ||
32A | Brian Johnson | Republican | 10,014 | 51.37 | Republican |
Paul Gammel | DFL | 8,601 | 44.13 | ||
Paul Bergley | Constitution | 851 | 4.37 | ||
32B | Bob Barrett | Republican | 10,644 | 50.87 | Republican |
Rick Olseen | DFL | 10,251 | 49.00 | ||
33A | Jerry Hertaus | Republican | 14,717 | 62.09 | Republican |
Todd Mikkelson | DFL | 8,963 | 37.81 | ||
33B | Cindy Pugh | Republican | 13,211 | 54.36 | Republican |
Denise Bader | DFL | 11,053 | 45.48 | ||
34A | Joyce Peppin | Republican | 14,386 | 64.24 | Republican |
Adam Fisher | DFL | 7,983 | 35.65 | ||
34B | Kurt Zellers | Republican | 12,802 | 54.52 | Republican |
David Hoden | DFL | 10,652 | 45.36 | ||
35A | Jim Abeler | Republican | 11,906 | 58.71 | Republican |
Andy Hillebregt | DFL | 6,755 | 33.31 | ||
Justin Boals | Independence | 1,587 | 7.83 | ||
35B | Peggy Scott | Republican | 13,120 | 59.09 | Republican |
Sam Scott | DFL | 9,052 | 40.77 | ||
36A | Mark Uglem | Republican | 10,691 | 51.00 | Republican |
Grace Baltich | DFL | 10,235 | 48.83 | ||
36B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 11,679 | 55.22 | DFL |
Andrew Reinhardt | Republican | 8,555 | 40.45 | ||
Andrew Kratoska | Independence | 891 | 4.21 | ||
37A | Jerry Newton | DFL | 11,843 | 57.18 | DFL |
Mandy Benz | Republican | 8,830 | 42.64 | ||
37B | Tim Sanders | Republican | 11,416 | 53.90 | Republican |
Jon Chlebeck | DFL | 9,723 | 45.90 | ||
38A | Linda Runbeck | Republican | 12,197 | 58.00 | Republican |
Patrick Davern | DFL | 8,802 | 41.85 | ||
38B | Matt Dean | Republican | 12,374 | 52.30 | Republican |
Greg Pariseau | DFL | 11,248 | 47.54 | ||
39A | Bob Dettmer | Republican | 13,033 | 57.41 | Republican |
John Bruno | DFL | 9,638 | 42.45 | ||
39B | Kathy Lohmer | Republican | 12,100 | 52.99 | Republican |
Tom DeGree | DFL | 10,707 | 46.89 | ||
40A | Mike Nelson | DFL | 11,972 | 97.18 | DFL |
40B | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 12,024 | 71.24 | DFL |
Richard Cushing | Republican | 4,810 | 28.50 | ||
41A | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 12,653 | 61.65 | DFL |
Dale Helm | Republican | 7,829 | 38.15 | ||
41B | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 11,943 | 58.50 | DFL |
Laura Palmer | Republican | 5,669 | 27.77 | ||
Tim Utz | Constitution | 2,775 | 13.59 | ||
42A | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 12,122 | 53.30 | DFL |
Russ Bertsch | Republican | 10,591 | 46.56 | ||
42B | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 12,884 | 57.53 | DFL |
Ken Rubenzer | Republican | 9,462 | 42.25 | ||
43A | Peter Fischer | DFL | 11,616 | 52.71 | DFL |
Stacey Stout | Republican | 10,374 | 47.08 | ||
43B | Leon Lillie | DFL | 12,445 | 60.42 | DFL |
Kevin Klein | Republican | 8,111 | 39.38 | ||
44A | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 12,114 | 51.22 | Republican |
Audrey Britton | DFL | 11,506 | 48.65 | ||
44B | John Benson | DFL | 13,754 | 55.82 | DFL |
Mark Stefan | Republican | 10,848 | 44.03 | ||
45A | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 12,520 | 59.59 | DFL |
Jeff Pauley | Republican | 8,459 | 40.26 | ||
45B | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 15,053 | 65.95 | DFL |
Reid Johnson | Republican | 7,740 | 33.91 | ||
46A | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 15,249 | 65.89 | DFL |
John Swanson | Republican | 7,860 | 33.96 | ||
46B | Steve Simon | DFL | 14,956 | 69.98 | DFL |
David Arvidson | Republican | 6,372 | 29.81 | ||
47A | Ernie Leidiger | Republican | 12,938 | 62.53 | Republican |
Keith Pickering | DFL | 7,718 | 37.30 | ||
47B | Joe Hoppe | Republican | 16,391 | 97.15 | Republican |
48A | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | 12,458 | 50.34 | DFL |
Kirk Stensrud | Republican | 12,256 | 49.52 | ||
48B | Jenifer Loon | Republican | 12,787 | 58.91 | Republican |
Tori Hill | DFL | 8,891 | 40.96 | ||
49A | Ron Erhardt | DFL | 14,101 | 55.79 | DFL |
Bill Glahn | Republican | 11,139 | 44.07 | ||
49B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | 13,560 | 53.31 | DFL |
Terry Jacobson | Republican | 11,840 | 46.55 | ||
50A | Linda Slocum | DFL | 12,036 | 62.14 | DFL |
Craig Marston | Republican | 5,864 | 30.28 | ||
Joseph Koch | Independence | 1,439 | 7.43 | ||
50B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | 14,800 | 65.27 | DFL |
Richard Bohnen | Republican | 7,836 | 34.56 | ||
51A | Sandra Masin | DFL | 11,724 | 55.49 | DFL |
Diane Anderson | Republican | 9,354 | 44.28 | ||
51B | Laurie Halverson | DFL | 12,210 | 51.88 | DFL |
Doug Wardlow | Republican | 11,298 | 48.01 | ||
52A | Rick Hansen | DFL | 13,732 | 62.45 | DFL |
Joe Blum | Republican | 8,216 | 37.36 | ||
52B | Joe Atkins | DFL | 14,493 | 66.02 | DFL |
Paul Tuschy | Republican | 7,430 | 33.85 | ||
53A | JoAnn Ward | DFL | 11,932 | 56.19 | DFL |
Pam Cunningham | Republican | 9,269 | 43.65 | ||
53B | Andrea Kieffer | Republican | 12,060 | 54.84 | Republican |
Ann Marie Metzger | DFL | 9,909 | 45.06 | ||
54A | Dan Schoen | DFL | 11,069 | 54.82 | DFL |
Derrick Lehrke | Republican | 7,664 | 37.96 | ||
Ron Lischeid | Independence | 1,428 | 7.07 | ||
54B | Denny McNamara | Republican | 12,493 | 57.43 | Republican |
Joanna Bayers | DFL | 9,228 | 42.42 | ||
55A | Mike Beard | Republican | 10,008 | 54.55 | Republican |
Chuck Berg | DFL | 8,294 | 45.21 | ||
55B | Tony Albright | Republican | 13,569 | 63.39 | Republican |
Travis Burton | DFL | 7,808 | 36.48 | ||
56A | Pam Myhra | Republican | 10,905 | 53.93 | Republican |
Dave John Jensen | DFL | 9,278 | 45.88 | ||
56B | Will Morgan | DFL | 10,685 | 50.32 | DFL |
Roz Peterson | Republican | 10,515 | 49.52 | ||
57A | Tara Mack | Republican | 11,420 | 53.37 | Republican |
Roberta Gibbons | DFL | 9,941 | 46.46 | ||
57B | Anna Wills | Republican | 11,906 | 53.18 | Republican |
Jeff Wilfahrt | DFL | 10,452 | 46.69 | ||
58A | Mary Liz Holberg | Republican | 12,419 | 59.09 | Republican |
Colin Lee | DFL | 8,574 | 40.80 | ||
58B | Pat Garofalo | Republican | 12,520 | 59.47 | Republican |
Jim Arlt | DFL | 8,512 | 40.44 | ||
59A | Joe Mullery | DFL | 14,017 | 84.00 | DFL |
Cindy Lilly | Republican | 2,577 | 15.44 | ||
59B | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 12,790 | 72.39 | DFL |
Gary Mazzotta | Republican | 3,346 | 18.94 | ||
Anthony Hilton | Ecology Democracy |
1,423 | 8.05 | ||
60A | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 17,021 | 81.87 | DFL |
Brent Millsop | Republican | 3,687 | 17.73 | ||
60B | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | 12,472 | 77.98 | DFL |
Kody Zalewski | Republican | 3,392 | 21.21 | ||
61A | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 19,663 | 80.22 | DFL |
Devin Gawnemark | Republican | 4,787 | 19.53 | ||
61B | Paul Thissen | DFL | 19,748 | 81.39 | DFL |
Nate Atkins | Republican | 4,448 | 18.33 | ||
62A | Karen Clark | DFL | 12,672 | 89.56 | DFL |
Kurt Hanna | Republican | 1,410 | 9.97 | ||
62B | Susan Allen | DFL | 16,318 | 88.63 | DFL |
Tom Johnson | Republican | 2,025 | 11.00 | ||
63A | Jim Davnie | DFL | 19,680 | 85.42 | DFL |
Kirk Brink | Republican | 3,289 | 14.28 | ||
63B | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 17,181 | 76.38 | DFL |
Matt Ashley | Republican | 5,240 | 23.30 | ||
64A | Erin Murphy | DFL | 17,828 | 78.77 | DFL |
Andrew Ojeda | Republican | 4,737 | 20.93 | ||
64B | Michael Paymar | DFL | 17,273 | 72.11 | DFL |
Brandon Carmack | Republican | 6,612 | 27.60 | ||
65A | Rena Moran | DFL | 13,263 | 84.40 | DFL |
Daniel Lipp | Republican | 2,387 | 15.19 | ||
65B | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 13,176 | 77.96 | DFL |
Carlos Conway | Republican | 3,653 | 21.62 | ||
66A | Alice Hausman | DFL | 14,160 | 62.97 | DFL |
Mark Fotsch | Republican | 6,984 | 31.06 | ||
Dave Thomas | Independence | 1,311 | 5.83 | ||
66B | John Lesch | DFL | 11,504 | 79.20 | DFL |
Ben Blomgren | Republican | 2,951 | 20.32 | ||
67A | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 10,533 | 77.84 | DFL |
Cathy Hennelly | Republican | 2,941 | 21.73 | ||
67B | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 11,318 | 75.77 | DFL |
John Quinn | Republican | 3,569 | 23.89 |
See also
References
- ^ Brooks, Jennifer (November 7, 2012). "DFLers end GOP control in Legislature after two years". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Results for All State Representative Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for All State Representative Races". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
External links
- Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) at 2012 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State