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.
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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Results
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| No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 132 | 1,169,298 | 54.86 |  3.66
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85 | 19
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63.43 | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 131 | 947,138 | 44.44 |  2.35
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49 | 19
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36.57 | |
| Independence Party of Minnesota | 9 | 6,648 | 0.31 | 0.74
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0.00 | |
| Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,671 | 0.13 | 0.18
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0.00 | |
| Independent | 1 | 555 | 0.03 | 0.43
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0.00 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 5,048 | 0.24 | 0.08
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0.00 | |
| Total | 2,131,358 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 86,460 | 3.90 |  1.20
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| Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[1] | 2,217,818 | 60.47 | 18.30
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| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 8, 2013.