2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election

The 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 2004, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 84th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 2004.

2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Sviggum Matt Entenza Party Republican Democratic (DFL) Leader since April 17, 1992 January 7, 2003 Leader's seat 28B–Kenyon 64A–Saint Paul Last election 82 seats, 49.13% 52 seats, 47.84% Seats before 81 53 Seats won 68 66 Seat change 13 13 Popular vote 1,262,423 1,381,412 Percentage 46.79% 51.20% Swing 2.34 pp 3.36 pp
Results by winning party vote share Results by gains and holds
Speaker before election Steve Sviggum Republican Elected Speaker Steve Sviggum Republican

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 4, 2005.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[1]	Safe R	October 1, 2004

Results

Summary of the November 2, 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	133	1,262,423	46.79	2.34	68	13	50.75
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	133	1,381,412	51.20	3.36	66	13	49.25
	Independence Party of Minnesota	21	28,274	1.05	0.96	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	7	8,452	0.31	0.30	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	1	574	0.02	0.02	0		0.00
	Independent	2	12,346	0.46	0.43	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	4,411	0.16	0.15	0		0.00
Total			2,697,892	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			145,020	5.10	0.21
Turnout (out of 3,609,185 eligible voters)[2]			2,842,912	78.77	13.88
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2002
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002