2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

The 2006 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. DFL incumbent Mike Hatch chose to run for governor instead of reelection.^[1] Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won election to her first term.^[2]

2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

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Nominee Lori Swanson Jeff Johnson Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,131,474 865,465 Percentage 53.2% 40.7%

County results Precinct results Swanson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Johnson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% James:      >90% Tie:      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No votes

Attorney General before election Mike Hatch Democratic (DFL) Elected Attorney General Lori Swanson Democratic (DFL)

Candidates

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Former deputy attorney general Lori Swanson won the DFL nomination.^[3]

State senator Steve Kelley, House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, and former U.S. Representative Bill Luther all ran unsuccessfully for the DFL nomination.^[4][5][6]

Republican Party

State representative and assistant majority leader Jeff Johnson won the Republican nomination.^[7]

Independence Party

Attorney and former revenue commissioner John James was the Independence Party nominee.^[8]

Green Party

Musician Papa John Kolstad was the Green Party nominee.^[9]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes
			#	%
	Lori Swanson	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	1,131,474	53.24
	Jeff Johnson	Republican	865,465	40.72
	John James	Independence	86,032	4.05
	Papa John Kolstad	Green	31,000	1.93
	Write-in	—	1,236	0.06
Total				100.00
Turnout			2,217,818	60.47
Eligible voters[10]			3,667,707	-

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State