2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives; 68 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Margaret Anderson Kelliher; Democratic (DFL)	Elected Speaker ; Margaret Anderson Kelliher; Democratic (DFL)

The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.

Results

Districts won

Summary of the November 4, 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	134	1,516,633	54.87	0.01	87	2	64.93
	Republican Party of Minnesota	134	1,211,020	43.81	0.63	47	2	35.07
	Independence Party of Minnesota	11	14,601	0.53	0.22	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	3	6,648	0.24	0.11	0		0.00
	Independent	3	9,717	0.35	0.32	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	5,670	0.21	0.03	0		0.00
Total			2,764,289	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			157,209	5.38	1.48
Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters)^[1]			2,921,498	78.11	17.64
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,^[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library^[3]

District results

1A • 1B • 2A • 2B • 3A • 3B • 4A • 4B • 5A • 5B • 6A • 6B • 7A • 7B • 8A • 8B • 9A • 9B • 10A • 10B • 11A • 11B • 12A • 12B • 13A • 13B • 14A • 14B • 15A • 15B • 16A • 16B • 17A • 17B • 18A • 18B • 19A • 19B • 20A • 20B • 21A • 21B • 22A • 22B • 23A • 23B • 24A • 24B • 25A • 25B • 26A • 26B • 27A • 27B • 28A • 28B • 29A • 29B • 30A • 30B • 31A • 31B • 32A • 32B • 33A • 33B • 34A • 34B • 35A • 35B • 36A • 36B • 37A • 37B • 38A • 38B • 39A • 39B • 40A • 40B • 41A • 41B • 42A • 42B • 43A • 43B • 44A • 44B • 45A • 45B • 46A • 46B • 47A • 47B • 48A • 48B • 49A • 49B • 50A • 50B • 51A • 51B • 52A • 52B • 53A • 53B • 54A • 54B • 55A • 55B • 56A • 56B • 57A • 57B • 58A • 58B • 59A • 59B • 60A • 60B • 61A • 61B • 62A • 62B • 63A • 63B • 64A • 64B • 65A • 65B • 66A • 66B • 67A • 67B

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

District 1A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 1A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dave Olin	8,726	50.27
	Republican	Steve Lillestol	7,851	45.23
	Independence	J.C. Carlson	771	4.44
	Write-in		10	0.06
Total votes			17,359	100%

District 1B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 1B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Bernie Lieder	10,193	58.83
	Republican	Lonn Kiel	7,116	41.07
	Write-in		17	0.10
Total votes			17,326	100%

District 2A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 2A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Kent Eken	11,411	63.54
	Republican	Steve Green	6,535	36.39
	Write-in		14	0.08
Total votes			17,960	100%

District 2B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 2B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Brita Sailer	10,773	54.12
	Republican	Doug Lindgren	9,117	45.80
	Write-in		14	0.07
Total votes			19,904	100%

District 3A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 3A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tom Anzelc	11,219	59.53
	Republican	Marv Ott	6,506	34.52
	Independence	Bill Hamm	1,110	5.89
	Write-in		10	0.05
Total votes			18,835	100%

District 3B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 3B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Loren Solberg	11,951	57.70
	Republican	Carolyn McElfatrick	8,732	42.16
	Write-in		28	0.14
Total votes			20,711	100%

District 4A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 4A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	John Persell	10,259	52.06
	Republican	John Carlson	8,666	43.98
	Independence	Sharatin Blake	758	3.85
	Write-in		23	0.12
Total votes			19,706	100%

District 4B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 4B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Howes	12,820	53.68
	Democratic (DFL)	Meg Bye	11,032	46.19
	Write-in		30	0.13
Total votes			23,882	100%

District 5A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 5A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tom Rukavina	16,230	78.33
	Republican	Greg Knutson	4,461	21.53
	Write-in		29	0.14
Total votes			20,720	100%

District 5B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 5B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tony Sertich	13,956	70.03
	Republican	John Larson	5,953	29.87
	Write-in		19	0.10
Total votes			19,928	100%

District 6A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	David Dill	15,932	71.47
	Republican	Marty Breaker	6,213	27.87
	Write-in		147	0.66
Total votes			22,292	100%

District 6B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 6B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Mary Murphy	14,807	65.23
	Republican	Steve Townsend	7,823	34.46
	Write-in		70	0.31
Total votes			22,700	100%

District 7A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tom Huntley	15,029	66.18
	Republican	Ryan Stauber	7,595	33.44
	Write-in		86	0.38
Total votes			22,710	100%

District 7B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Roger Reinert	13,364	72.96
	Republican	Allan Kehr	3,648	19.91
	Independence	Jay Cole	1,259	6.87
	Write-in		47	0.26
Total votes			18,318	100%

District 41A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 41A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Downey	8,925	36.69
	Independent	Ron Erhardt	7,760	31.90
	Democratic (DFL)	Kevin Staunton	7,626	31.35
	Write-in		16	0.07
Total votes			24,312	100%

District 54B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 54B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Bev Scalze	11,573	55.06
	Republican	Julie Johnson	6,852	32.60
	Independence	Paul Gaston	2,556	12.16
	Write-in		36	0.17
Total votes			21,017	100%

District 59A

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 59A election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Diane Loeffler	13,785	75.29
	Republican	Felix Montez	2,520	13.76
	Independent	Lynne Torgerson	1,238	6.76
	Independence	David Degrio	723	3.95
	Write-in		43	0.23
Total votes			18,309	100%

District 61B

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Jeff Hayden	8,795	60.23
	Green	Farheen Hakeem	4,423	30.29
	Republican	Lynne Torgerson	1,238	9.29
	Write-in		28	0.19
Total votes			14,602	100%

References

^ "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 11, 2013.

External links

Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2008 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State

[1] "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

[3] "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

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