2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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.

2006 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 Margaret Anderson Kelliher Steve Sviggum Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since June 20, 2006 April 17, 1992 Leader's seat 60A–Minneapolis 28B–Kenyon Last election 66 seats, 51.20% 68 seats, 46.79% Seats won 85 49 Seat change 19 19 Popular vote 1,169,298 947,138 Percentage 54.86% 44.44% Swing 3.66 pp 2.35 pp
Results by winning party vote share Results by gains and holds
Speaker before election Steve Sviggum Republican Elected Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher Democratic (DFL)

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.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[1]	Tossup	November 4, 2006

Results

Summary of the November 7, 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	132	1,169,298	54.86	3.66	85	19	63.43
	Republican Party of Minnesota	131	947,138	44.44	2.35	49	19	36.57
	Independence Party of Minnesota	9	6,648	0.31	0.74	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	2,671	0.13	0.18	0		0.00
	Independent	1	555	0.03	0.43	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	5,048	0.24	0.08	0		0.00
Total			2,131,358	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			86,460	3.90	1.20
Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[2]			2,217,818	60.47	18.30
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2006
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2006