2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election

The 2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2016, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 90th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2016. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Senate.

2016 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 Kurt Daudt Paul Thissen Party Republican Democratic (DFL) Leader since January 8, 2013 January 4, 2011 Leader's seat 31A–Crown 61B–Minneapolis Last election 72 seats, 50.01% 62 seats, 49.30% Seats before 73 61 Seats won 77[a] 57 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 1,400,587 1,366,375 Percentage 50.34 49.11 Swing 0.33 pp 0.19 pp
Results by winning party vote share Results by gains and holds
Speaker before election Kurt Daudt Republican Elected Speaker Kurt Daudt 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 3, 2017.

Background

The last election resulted in the Republican Party of Minnesota winning a majority of seats, after losing a majority to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) only two years earlier in the previous election. This resulted in split control of the Legislature for the first time since 2006, ending eight years of unified control by either the DFL or the Republicans as well as ending two years of all-DFL control of the Legislature and governorship.

Electoral system

The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for two-year terms. Contested nominations of the DFL and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor party and independent candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to have been counted.

Retiring members

Republican

• Mark Anderson, 9A^[2]
• Dave Hancock, 2A^[3]
• Tim Kelly, 21A^[4]
• Tara Mack, 57A^[5]
• Denny McNamara, 54B^[6]
• Tim Sanders, 37B^[7]

DFL

• Joe Atkins, 52B^[8]
• Jason Isaacson, 42B^[9]
• Carolyn Laine, 41B^[10]
• Carly Melin, 6A^[11]
• Jerry Newton, 37A^[12]
• Kim Norton, 25B^[13]
• Dan Schoen, 54A^[14]
• Yvonne Selcer, 48A^[15]
• Erik Simonson, 7B^[16]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[17]	Lean R	October 12, 2016

Competitive districts

According to MinnPost, the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, and MPR News, a total of 25 districts were competitive. MinnPost considered 17 districts to be competitive—12 of which were held by the Republicans and five by the DFL,^[18] the Star Tribune 22—16 of which were held by the Republicans and six by the DFL,^[19] the Pioneer Press eight—seven of which were held by the Republicans and one by the DFL,^[20] and MPR News 14—11 of which were held by the Republicans and three by the DFL.^[21]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	2014 result	MinnPost[18] (November 3, 2016)	Star Tribune[19] (November 3, 2016)	Pioneer Press[20] (October 18, 2016)	MPR News[21] (September 22, 2016)	Result
2A	Dave Hancock‡	Republican	2010, 2014†	52.36%					Hold
4B	Paul Marquart	DFL	2000	65.84%					Hold
5B	Tom Anzelc	DFL	2006	56.54%					Republican gain
10B	Dale Lueck	Republican	2014	51.86%					Hold
11B	Jason Rarick	Republican	2014	53.67%					Hold
12A	Jeff Backer	Republican	2014	51.85%					Hold
14A	Tama Theis	Republican	2013*	54.90%					Hold
14B	Jim Knoblach	Republican	1994, 2014†	50.15%					Hold
17A	Tim Miller	Republican	2014	55.37%					Hold
17B	Dave Baker	Republican	2014	50.66%					Hold
21A	Tim Kelly‡	Republican	2008	62.17%					Hold
24B	Brian Daniels	Republican	2014	50.85%					Hold
25B	Kim Norton‡	DFL	2006	94.91%§					Hold
28B	Greg Davids	Republican	1991*, 2008†	55.88%					Hold
37B	Tim Sanders‡	Republican	2008	55.40%					Hold
42A	Barb Yarusso	DFL	2012	50.55%					Republican gain
44A	Sarah Anderson	Republican	2006	55.51%					Hold
48A	Yvonne Selcer‡	DFL	2012	50.04%					Hold
49A	Ron Erhardt	DFL	1990, 2012†	51.38%					Republican gain
50B	Chad Anderson	Republican	2016*	65.60%[nb 1]					DFL gain
54B	Denny McNamara‡	Republican	2002	60.54%					Hold
56A	Drew Christensen	Republican	2014	55.81%					Hold
56B	Roz Peterson	Republican	2014	53.99%					Hold
57A	Tara Mack‡	Republican	2008	58.44%					DFL gain
57B	Anna Wills	Republican	2012	58.40%					Hold

*Elected in a special election.^[22]

†Elected to non-consecutive terms.^[23]

‡Retired; did not seek re-election.

§Unopposed.

Primary elections results

District	Party	Candidates	Votes	%
1B	Republican	Deb Kiel	1,380	100.00
	DFL	Mike Moore[24]	1,080	71.90
		Erwin Rud[25]	422	28.10
6A	Republican	Rob Farnsworth	856	100.00
	DFL	Julie Sandstede[26]	1,676	35.61
		Tom Whiteside[27]	1,468	31.19
		Ben DeNucci[28]	1,303	27.69
		Mike Thompson[29]	259	5.50
7B	Republican	Cody Barringer	494	100.00
	DFL	Liz Olson[30]	1,607	89.03
		Bryan Jensen[31]	198	10.97
13A	Republican	Jeff Howe	862	100.00
	DFL	Anne Buckvold[32]	494	74.96
		Jane Leitzman[32]	165	25.04
15A	Republican	Sondra Erickson[33]	1,238	74.31
		Tom Heinks[34]	428	25.69
	DFL	Kent Lestrud	579	100.00
31A	Republican	Kurt Daudt[35]	1,722	72.11
		Alan Duff[35]	666	27.89
	DFL	Sarah Udvig	444	100.00
31B	Republican	Cal Bahr[36]	1,260	56.96
		Tom Hackbarth[37]	952	43.04
	DFL	Susan Larson	487	100.00
40B	Republican	Mali Marvin	284	100.00
	DFL	Debra Hilstrom[38]	1,083	85.95
		Jim Richards[38]	177	14.05
48A	Republican	Mary Shapiro[39]	1,729	80.61
		Kris Newcomer[40]	416	19.39
	DFL	Laurie Pryor	1,271	100.00
50B	Republican	Chad Anderson	1,179	100.00
	DFL	Andrew Carlson[41]	2,125	88.58
		Christopher Seymore[41]	274	11.42
56A	Republican	Drew Christensen	970	100.00
	DFL	Jared Christiansen[42]	307	60.20
		Dan Kimmel[43]	203	39.80
59A	Republican	Jessica Newville	155	100.00
	DFL	Fue Lee[44]	1,584	55.52
		Joe Mullery[45]	1,269	44.48
60B	Republican	Abdimalik Askar	56	100.00
	DFL	Ilhan Omar[46]	2,404	40.97
		Mohamud Noor[47]	1,738	29.62
		Phyllis Kahn[47]	1,726	29.41
65A	Republican	Monique Giordana	126	100.00
	DFL	Rena Moran[48]	2,310	79.06
		Rashad Turner[49]	612	20.94

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State^[50]

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Polling period	Sample size	Margin of error	Republican	DFL	Undecided
Public Policy Polling[51]	July 30 – August 2, 2015	1,015 RV	±3.1 pp	40%	46%	15%

Results

Districts won.

Summary of the November 8, 2016, Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	130	1,400,587	50.34	0.33	76	3	56.72
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	131	1,366,375	49.11	0.19	57	4	42.54
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	2	2,467	0.09	0.09	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	919	0.03	0.07	0		0.00
	Independent	1	5,423	0.19	0.19	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	6,734	0.24	0.10	0		0.00
Results invalidated[nb 2]		2	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	1	0.75
Total			2,782,505	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			185,776	6.26	2.46
Turnout (out of 3,972,330 eligible voters)[54]			2,968,281	74.72	24.21
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[55] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[56]

Popular vote Republican   50.34% DFL   49.11% Other   0.55%

House seats Republican   56.72% DFL   42.54%

District results

District	Incumbent			Candidates
	Name	Party	First elected	Name	Party	Votes	%	Winner Party
1A	Dan Fabian	Republican	2010	Dan Fabian[57]	Republican	14,417	74.24	Republican
				George Nyakasi Bass[58]	DFL	4,982	25.66
1B	Deb Kiel	Republican	2010	Deb Kiel[57]	Republican	11,895	64.75	Republican
				Mike Moore[59]	DFL	6,458	35.15
2A	Dave Hancock‡	Republican	2010, 2014†	Matt Grossell[60]	Republican	12,387	63.94	Republican
				Jerry Loud[61]	DFL	6,925	35.74
2B	Steve Green	Republican	2012	Steve Green[60]	Republican	11,905	60.94	Republican
				Bryan Klabunde[62]	DFL	7,617	38.99
3A	Rob Ecklund	DFL	2015*	Rob Ecklund[63]	DFL	13,874	63.25	DFL
				Tom Long[64]	Republican	8,017	36.55
3B	Mary Murphy	DFL	1976	Mary Murphy[30]	DFL	13,429	59.57	DFL
				Timothy Brandon[65]	Republican	9,090	40.32
4A	Ben Lien	DFL	2012	Ben Lien[66]	DFL	11,653	62.20	DFL
				Jordan Idso[66]	Republican	7,066	37.72
4B	Paul Marquart	DFL	2000	Paul Marquart[66]	DFL	11,054	53.85	DFL
				Ben Grimsley[67]	Republican	9,460	46.09
5A	John Persell	DFL	2008	Matt Bliss[68]	Republican	10,318	53.88	Republican
				John Persell[69]	DFL	8,808	45.99
5B	Tom Anzelc	DFL	2006	Sandy Layman[70]	Republican	11,499	53.61	Republican
				Tom Anzelc[71]	DFL	9,011	42.01
				Dennis Barsness[72]	Green	919	4.28
6A	Carly Melin‡	DFL	2011*	Julie Sandstede[73]	DFL	11,852	58.85	DFL
				Rob Farnsworth[74]	Republican	8,209	40.76
6B	Jason Metsa	DFL	2012	Jason Metsa[75]	DFL	13,111	60.42	DFL
				Matt Matasich[75]	Republican	8,558	39.44
7A	Jennifer Schultz	DFL	2014	Jennifer Schultz[76]	DFL	15,956	70.30	DFL
				Dylan Raddant[77]	Republican	6,678	29.42
7B	Erik Simonson‡	DFL	2012	Liz Olson[78]	DFL	13,824	70.87	DFL
				Cody Barringer[79]	Republican	5,641	28.92
8A	Bud Nornes	Republican	1996	Bud Nornes[80]	Republican	14,196	65.19	Republican
				CJ Holl[81]	DFL	7,556	34.70
8B	Mary Franson	Republican	2010	Mary Franson[82]	Republican	14,749	64.87	Republican
				Gail Kulp[83]	DFL	7,962	35.02
9A	Mark Anderson‡	Republican	2012	John Poston[84]	Republican	13,304	68.53	Republican
				Meg Litts[85]	DFL	6,078	31.31
9B	Ron Kresha	Republican	2012	Ron Kresha[86]	Republican	14,139	72.30	Republican
				Dustin Simmonds[87]	DFL	5,402	27.62
10A	Josh Heintzeman	Republican	2014	Josh Heintzeman[88]	Republican	12,919	59.32	Republican
				Quinn Nystrom[89]	DFL	8,831	40.55
10B	Dale Lueck	Republican	2014	Dale Lueck[90]	Republican	14,074	63.13	Republican
				Erin Wagner[91]	DFL	8,200	36.78
11A	Mike Sundin	DFL	2012	Mike Sundin[92]	DFL	11,833	59.68	DFL
				Mike Line[93]	Republican	7,968	40.18
11B	Jason Rarick	Republican	2014	Jason Rarick[58]	Republican	10,904	60.40	Republican
				Tom Jones[94]	DFL	7,122	39.45
12A	Jeff Backer	Republican	2014	Jeff Backer[95]	Republican	13,021	60.46	Republican
				Jay McNamar[96]	DFL	8,498	39.46
12B	Paul Anderson	Republican	2008	Paul Anderson[95]	Republican	18,276	98.23	Republican
13A	Jeff Howe	Republican	2012	Jeff Howe[32]	Republican	14,023	66.02	Republican
				Anne Buckvold[97]	DFL	7,201	33.90
13B	Tim O'Driscoll	Republican	2010	Tim O'Driscoll[98]	Republican	14,882	69.63	Republican
				Matthew Crouse[98]	DFL	6,465	30.25
14A	Tama Theis	Republican	2013*	Tama Theis[99]	Republican	10,961	54.65	Republican
				Aric Putnam[100]	DFL	9,059	45.17
14B	Jim Knoblach	Republican	1994, 2014†	Jim Knoblach[99]	Republican	8,887	51.20	Republican
				Zach Dorholt[101]	DFL	8,427	48.55
15A	Sondra Erickson	Republican	1998*, 2010†	Sondra Erickson[102]	Republican	12,317	63.69	Republican
				Kent Lestrud[103]	DFL	6,973	36.05
15B	Jim Newberger	Republican	2012	Jim Newberger[33]	Republican	14,949	68.88	Republican
				Karla Scapanski[104]	DFL	6,732	31.02
16A	Chris Swedzinski	Republican	2010	Chris Swedzinski[105]	Republican	13,048	68.10	Republican
				Al Kruse[106]	DFL	6,096	31.81
16B	Paul Torkelson	Republican	2008	Paul Torkelson[107]	Republican	14,529	73.06	Republican
				Austin Grossenburg[108]	DFL	5,333	26.82
17A	Tim Miller	Republican	2014	Tim Miller[109]	Republican	11,603	59.01	Republican
				Andrew Falk[110]	DFL	8,045	40.91
17B	Dave Baker	Republican	2014	Dave Baker[111]	Republican	11,908	59.51	Republican
				Mary Sawatzky[112]	DFL	8,075	40.36
18A	Dean Urdahl	Republican	2002	Dean Urdahl[113]	Republican	17,787	97.81	Republican
18B	Glenn Gruenhagen	Republican	2010	Glenn Gruenhagen[114]	Republican	13,167	67.80	Republican
				Darrel Mosel[115]	DFL	6,229	32.08
19A	Clark Johnson	DFL	2013*	Clark Johnson[116]	DFL	11,158	52.68	DFL
				Kim Spears[117]	Republican	10,003	47.23
19B	Jack Considine	DFL	2014	Jack Considine[118]	DFL	11,377	59.55	DFL
				Adam Isakson[119]	Republican	7,685	40.23
20A	Bob Vogel	Republican	2014	Bob Vogel[120]	Republican	13,128	60.81	Republican
				Jim Connelly[121]	DFL	8,434	39.07
20B	David Bly	DFL	2006, 2012†	David Bly[122]	DFL	11,538	54.15	DFL
				Aramis Wells[123]	Republican	9,754	45.77
21A	Tim Kelly‡	Republican	2008	Barb Haley[124]	Republican	11,643	54.99	Republican
				Lisa Bayley[125]	DFL	9,503	44.88
21B	Steve Drazkowski	Republican	2007*	Steve Drazkowski[126]	Republican	13,688	65.26	Republican
				Elise Diesslin[127]	DFL	7,270	34.66
22A	Joe Schomacker	Republican	2010	Joe Schomacker[128]	Republican	14,316	71.98	Republican
				Laura Woods[129]	DFL	5,564	27.98
22B	Rod Hamilton	Republican	2004	Rod Hamilton[128]	Republican	11,890	69.48	Republican
				Kirby Kruse[130]	DFL	5,207	30.43
23A	Bob Gunther	Republican	1995*	Bob Gunther[131]	Republican	13,700	68.14	Republican
				Zac Huntley[131]	DFL	6,390	31.78
23B	Tony Cornish	Republican	2002	Tony Cornish[132]	Republican	13,332	66.91	Republican
				Josh Haseman[133]	DFL	6,574	32.99
24A	John Petersburg	Republican	2012	John Petersburg[134]	Republican	11,156	56.87	Republican
				Bev Cashman[135]	DFL	8,439	43.02
24B	Brian Daniels	Republican	2014	Brian Daniels[134]	Republican	10,475	58.39	Republican
				Patti Fritz[136]	DFL	7,441	41.47
25A	Duane Quam	Republican	2010	Duane Quam[137]	Republican	12,934	59.96	Republican
				Linda Walbruch[138]	DFL	8,615	39.94
25B	Kim Norton‡	DFL	2006	Duane Sauke[139]	DFL	10,886	51.79	DFL
				Fran Bradley[140]	Republican	10,106	48.08
26A	Tina Liebling	DFL	2004	Tina Liebling[141]	DFL	10,737	59.89	DFL
				Will Waggoner[142]	Republican	7,168	39.98
26B	Nels Pierson	Republican	2014	Nels Pierson[143]	Republican	13,832	59.14	Republican
				John Austinson[144]	DFL	9,526	40.73
27A	Peggy Bennett	Republican	2014	Peggy Bennett[145]	Republican	12,329	61.71	Republican
				Gary Schindler[146]	DFL	7,633	38.21
27B	Jeanne Poppe	DFL	2004	Jeanne Poppe[147]	DFL	9,485	53.61	DFL
				Dennis Schminke[148]	Republican	8,192	46.30
28A	Gene Pelowski	DFL	1986	Gene Pelowski[126]	DFL	11,862	63.15	DFL
				Adam Pace[149]	Republican	6,897	36.72
28B	Greg Davids	Republican	1991*, 2008†	Greg Davids[150]	Republican	11,614	54.54	Republican
				Thomas Trehus[151]	DFL	9,651	45.32
29A	Joe McDonald	Republican	2010	Joe McDonald[152]	Republican	14,916	69.62	Republican
				Cortney Phillips[152]	DFL	6,482	30.26
29B	Marion O'Neill	Republican	2012	Marion O'Neill[58]	Republican	12,808	65.53	Republican
				Steve Kilburn[58]	DFL	6,714	34.35
30A	Nick Zerwas	Republican	2012	Nick Zerwas[153]	Republican	14,305	68.58	Republican
				Sarah Hamlin[154]	DFL	6,527	31.29
30B	Eric Lucero	Republican	2014	Eric Lucero[155]	Republican	15,050	70.16	Republican
				Margaret Fernandez[156]	DFL	6,371	29.70
31A	Kurt Daudt	Republican	2010	Kurt Daudt[157]	Republican	14,815	70.33	Republican
				Sarah Udvig[158]	DFL	6,208	29.47
31B	Tom Hackbarth§	Republican	1994, 1998†	Cal Bahr[157]	Republican	14,785	66.42	Republican
				Susan Larson[36]	DFL	7,438	33.41
32A	Brian Johnson	Republican	2012	Brian Johnson[159]	Republican	12,928	63.00	Republican
				Paul Gammel[160]	DFL	7,551	36.79
32B	Bob Barrett	Republican	2010	Bob Barrett[37][nb 2]	Republican	N/A[nb 2]
				Laurie Warner[161]	DFL
33A	Jerry Hertaus	Republican	2012	Jerry Hertaus[162]	Republican	17,162	67.76	Republican
				Norrie Thomas[163]	DFL	8,117	32.05
33B	Cindy Pugh	Republican	2012	Cindy Pugh[164]	Republican	14,836	60.34	Republican
				Brad Brothen[165]	DFL	9,715	39.51
34A	Joyce Peppin	Republican	2004	Joyce Peppin[58]	Republican	15,518	65.90	Republican
				Dave Craig[58]	DFL	7,996	33.95
34B	Dennis Smith	Republican	2014	Dennis Smith[58]	Republican	13,773	55.83	Republican
				Kristin Bahner[58]	DFL	10,841	43.95
35A	Abigail Whelan	Republican	2014	Abigail Whelan[166]	Republican	12,768	61.35	Republican
				Andy Hillebregt[167]	DFL	8,009	38.48
35B	Peggy Scott	Republican	2008	Peggy Scott[158]	Republican	14,705	64.74	Republican
				Wes Volkenant[168]	DFL	7,990	35.17
36A	Mark Uglem	Republican	2012	Mark Uglem[169]	Republican	12,119	58.21	Republican
				Kevin Parker[170]	DFL	8,652	41.56
36B	Melissa Hortman	DFL	2004	Melissa Hortman[171]	DFL	12,064	55.66	DFL
				Peter Crema[171]	Republican	9,560	44.11
37A	Jerry Newton‡	DFL	2008, 2012†	Erin Koegel[158]	DFL	9,485	47.17	DFL
				Anthony Wilder[158]	Republican	8,946	44.49
				Brian McCormick[158]	Libertarian	1,647	8.19
37B	Tim Sanders‡	Republican	2008	Nolan West[172]	Republican	11,473	50.26	Republican
				Susan Witt[158]	DFL	11,305	49.52
38A	Linda Runbeck	Republican	1989*, 2010†	Linda Runbeck[158]	Republican	13,471	61.40	Republican
				Kevin Fogarty[158]	DFL	8,448	38.51
38B	Matt Dean	Republican	2004	Matt Dean[58]	Republican	13,874	56.94	Republican
				Ami Wazlawik[173]	DFL	10,465	42.95
39A	Bob Dettmer	Republican	2006	Bob Dettmer[174]	Republican	14,565	61.43	Republican
				Jody Anderson[174]	DFL	9,124	38.48
39B	Kathy Lohmer	Republican	2010	Kathy Lohmer[174]	Republican	13,793	59.02	Republican
				Alan Kantrud[174]	DFL	9,564	40.92
40A	Mike Nelson	DFL	2002	Mike Nelson[171]	DFL	11,548	96.39	DFL
40B	Debra Hilstrom	DFL	2000	Debra Hilstrom[175]	DFL	11,154	69.24	DFL
				Mali Marvin[38]	Republican	4,872	30.24
41A	Connie Bernardy	DFL	2000, 2012†	Connie Bernardy[176]	DFL	12,168	60.38	DFL
				Ryan Evanson[177]	Republican	7,946	39.43
41B	Carolyn Laine‡	DFL	2006	Mary Kunesh-Podein[10]	DFL	12,936	63.24	DFL
				Camden Pike[178]	Republican	7,465	36.50
42A	Barb Yarusso	DFL	2012	Randy Jessup[179]	Republican	11,662	50.18	Republican
				Barb Yarusso[179]	DFL	11,537	49.64
42B	Jason Isaacson‡	DFL	2012	Jamie Becker-Finn[180]	DFL	12,845	56.90	DFL
				Tracy Nelson[181]	Republican	9,688	42.92
43A	Peter Fischer	DFL	2012	Peter Fischer[182]	DFL	11,970	54.95	DFL
				Bob Cardinal[182]	Republican	9,767	44.84
43B	Leon Lillie	DFL	2004	Leon Lillie[182]	DFL	12,017	59.52	DFL
				Nathan Hansen[183]	Republican	8,123	40.23
44A	Sarah Anderson	Republican	2006	Sarah Anderson[184]	Republican	13,486	54.04	Republican
				Ginny Klevorn[184]	DFL	11,433	45.82
44B	Jon Applebaum	DFL	2014	Jon Applebaum[185]	DFL	13,929	54.89	DFL
				Patti Meier[186]	Republican	11,393	44.89
45A	Lyndon Carlson	DFL	1972	Lyndon Carlson[187]	DFL	11,635	56.80	DFL
				Richard Lieberman[187]	Republican	8,797	42.94
45B	Mike Freiberg	DFL	2012	Mike Freiberg[188]	DFL	15,261	68.04	DFL
				Alma Wetzker[188]	Republican	7,098	31.65
46A	Peggy Flanagan	DFL	2015*	Peggy Flanagan[189]	DFL	15,187	63.85	DFL
				Anne Taylor[190]	Republican	8,525	35.84
46B	Cheryl Youakim	DFL	2014	Cheryl Youakim[190]	DFL	14,988	68.67	DFL
				Bryan Björnson[190]	Republican	6,760	30.97
47A	Jim Nash	Republican	2014	Jim Nash[191]	Republican	16,696	71.50	Republican
				Sean White[192]	DFL	6,631	28.40
47B	Joe Hoppe	Republican	2002	Joe Hoppe[193]	Republican	14,191	62.47	Republican
				Jane Montemayor[193]	DFL	8,510	37.46
48A	Yvonne Selcer‡	DFL	2012	Laurie Pryor[194]	DFL	12,984	51.66	DFL
				Mary Shapiro[195]	Republican	12,110	48.18
48B	Jenifer Loon	Republican	2008	Jenifer Loon[196]	Republican	13,559	62.25	Republican
				Ben Sherlock[197]	DFL	8,183	37.57
49A	Ron Erhardt	DFL	1990, 2012†	Dario Anselmo[198]	Republican	13,075	51.04	Republican
				Ron Erhardt[45]	DFL	12,499	48.79
49B	Paul Rosenthal	DFL	2008, 2012†	Paul Rosenthal[199]	DFL	14,399	55.38	DFL
				Max Rymer[200]	Republican	11,542	44.39
50A	Linda Slocum	DFL	2006	Linda Slocum[201]	DFL	12,217	63.09	DFL
				Tim Johnson[201]	Republican	7,074	36.53
50B	Chad Anderson	Republican	2016*	Andrew Carlson[202]	DFL	12,084	53.54	DFL
				Chad Anderson[199]	Republican	10,429	46.20
51A	Sandra Masin	DFL	2006, 2012†	Sandra Masin[203]	DFL	12,036	57.64	DFL
				Brad Gerten[204]	Republican	8,769	41.99
51B	Laurie Halverson	DFL	2012	Laurie Halverson[205]	DFL	13,311	56.50	DFL
				Pat Hammond[206]	Republican	10,212	43.35
52A	Rick Hansen	DFL	2004	Rick Hansen[207]	DFL	13,737	63.33	DFL
				Larry Sachi[208]	Republican	7,929	36.55
52B	Joe Atkins‡	DFL	2002	Regina Barr[209]	Republican	11,001	50.17	Republican
				Mary T'Kach[210]	DFL	10,880	49.62
53A	JoAnn Ward	DFL	2012	JoAnn Ward[211]	DFL	12,348	59.03	DFL
				Andy Turonie[211]	Republican	8,535	40.80
53B	Kelly Fenton	Republican	2014	Kelly Fenton[212]	Republican	13,740	56.35	Republican
				Alberder Gillespie[213]	DFL	10,620	43.56
54A	Dan Schoen‡	DFL	2012	Keith Franke[214]	Republican	10,483	51.43	Republican
				Jen Peterson[215]	DFL	9,877	48.46
54B	Denny McNamara‡	Republican	2002	Tony Jurgens[6]	Republican	11,958	55.27	Republican
				Don Slaten[216]	DFL	9,633	44.53
55A	Bob Loonan	Republican	2014	Bob Loonan[217]	Republican	10,898	55.78	Republican
				Mary Hernandez[218]	DFL	8,594	43.99
55B	Tony Albright	Republican	2012	Tony Albright[219]	Republican	15,947	69.05	Republican
				Ceci Haakenson[220]	DFL	7,112	30.79
56A	Drew Christensen	Republican	2014	Drew Christensen[221]	Republican	12,069	55.96	Republican
				Jared Christiansen[222]	DFL	9,466	43.89
56B	Roz Peterson	Republican	2014	Roz Peterson[223]	Republican	11,215	52.37	Republican
				Lindsey Port[224]	DFL	10,165	47.46
57A	Tara Mack‡	Republican	2008	Erin Maye Quade[225]	DFL	11,825	52.23	DFL
				Ali Jimenez-Hopper[226]	Republican	10,758	47.52
57B	Anna Wills	Republican	2012	Anna Wills[227]	Republican	12,382	53.66	Republican
				John Huot[225]	DFL	10,656	46.18
58A	Jon Koznick	Republican	2014	Jon Koznick[228]	Republican	13,691	60.65	Republican
				LeAnn Weikle[229]	DFL	8,852	39.22
58B	Pat Garofalo	Republican	2004	Pat Garofalo[230]	Republican	13,926	64.78	Republican
				Marla Vagts[230]	DFL	7,542	35.08
59A	Joe Mullery§	DFL	1996	Fue Lee[231]	DFL	12,585	80.62	DFL
				Jessica Newville[58]	Republican	2,903	18.60
59B	Raymond Dehn	DFL	2012	Raymond Dehn[58]	DFL	14,877	76.56	DFL
				Margaret Martín[58]	Republican	4,440	22.85
60A	Diane Loeffler	DFL	2004	Diane Loeffler[58]	DFL	15,587	73.55	DFL
				Gabe Barnett[58]	Independent	5,423	25.59
60B	Phyllis Kahn§	DFL	1972	Ilhan Omar[231]	DFL	15,860	79.77	DFL
				Abdimalik Askar[232][nb 3]	Republican	3,820	19.21
61A	Frank Hornstein	DFL	2002	Frank Hornstein[58]	DFL	21,656	79.16	DFL
				Brian Rosenblatt[58]	Republican	5,615	20.53
61B	Paul Thissen	DFL	2002	Paul Thissen[58]	DFL	20,282	80.40	DFL
				Tom Gallagher[58]	Republican	4,885	19.36
62A	Karen Clark	DFL	1980	Karen Clark[58]	DFL	12,657	88.26	DFL
				Claire Leiter[58]	Republican	1,600	11.16
62B	Susan Allen	DFL	2012*	Susan Allen[58]	DFL	16,759	98.45	DFL
63A	Jim Davnie	DFL	2000	Jim Davnie[234]	DFL	20,366	85.30	DFL
				Kyle Bragg[234]	Republican	3,427	14.35
63B	Jean Wagenius	DFL	1986	Jean Wagenius[234]	DFL	17,769	76.19	DFL
				Frank Pafko[234]	Republican	5,465	23.43
64A	Erin Murphy	DFL	2006	Erin Murphy[235]	DFL	18,254	79.70	DFL
				Riley Horan[236]	Republican	4,588	20.03
64B	Dave Pinto	DFL	2014	Dave Pinto[58]	DFL	18,242	74.77	DFL
				Emory Dively[58]	Republican	6,103	25.02
65A	Rena Moran	DFL	2010	Rena Moran[237]	DFL	12,665	82.79	DFL
				Monique Giordana[235]	Republican	2,564	16.76
65B	Carlos Mariani	DFL	1990	Carlos Mariani[58]	DFL	13,995	77.03	DFL
				Margaret Mary Stokely[58]	Republican	4,098	22.56
66A	Alice Hausman	DFL	1989*	Alice Hausman[238]	DFL	15,372	68.41	DFL
				Jon Heyer[238]	Republican	7,067	31.45
66B	John Lesch	DFL	2002	John Lesch[235]	DFL	11,687	79.73	DFL
				William Brownell[235]	Republican	2,903	19.80
67A	Tim Mahoney	DFL	1998	Tim Mahoney[239]	DFL	9,945	76.34	DFL
				Andrew Livingston[239]	Republican	3,022	23.20
67B	Sheldon Johnson	DFL	2000	Sheldon Johnson[240]	DFL	10,021	69.35	DFL
				Lisa Thompson[240]	Republican	3,553	24.59
				Joseph Weverka[240]	Libertarian	820	5.67

*Elected in a special election.^[22]

†Elected to non-consecutive terms.^[23]

‡Retired; did not seek re-election.

§Lost primary election for party's nomination.

District	Candidates	Party
2A	Roger Erickson[241]	DFL
6A	Mark Larson[242]	DFL
9A	Larry Lundblad[243]	Republican
20B	Jim Flaherty[244]	Republican
25A	Dale Amorosia[245]	DFL
28B	Jon Pieper[246]	DFL
30B	Jeanne Holland[155]	Republican
41A	Valerie Rolstad[176]	DFL
	Rich Rosivach[247]	DFL
	Ruben Vazquez[176]	DFL
41B	Rachel Nelson[176]	DFL
42B	Kaying Thao[248]	DFL
47B	Libby Fairchild[193]	DFL
49A	Heather Edelson[249]	DFL
	Matt Samuel[250]	DFL
52B	Don Lee[251]	Republican
	Chris Becker[252]	DFL
53B	Steve Ellenwood[253]	Republican
	Kay Hendrikson[254]	DFL
	Shelly Schafer[254]	DFL
54A	Warren Claflin[255]	DFL
57A	Ryan Kirkley[226]	Republican
	Tasha Wells[226]	Republican

Withdrawn candidates

The following sought election but later withdrew.

Seats changing parties

Seat gains and holds by party.

Party	Incumbent	District	First elected	Winner	Party
Republican	Chad Anderson	50B	2016*	Andrew Carlson	DFL
	Tara Mack‡	57A	2008	Erin Maye Quade	DFL
DFL	John Persell	5A	2008	Matt Bliss	Republican
	Tom Anzelc	5B	2006	Sandy Layman	Republican
	Barb Yarusso	42A	2012	Randy Jessup	Republican
	Ron Erhardt	49A	1990, 2012†	Dario Anselmo	Republican
	Joe Atkins‡	52B	2002	Regina Barr	Republican
	Dan Schoen‡	54A	2012	Keith Franke	Republican

*Elected in a special election.^[22]

†Elected to non-consecutive terms.^[23]

‡Retired; did not seek re-election.

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2016
• Minnesota elections, 2016
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2014

Notes

1. Result of winning DFL incumbent Ann Lenczewski, who subsequently resigned, resulting in a special election win by Anderson.
2. On September 8, 2016, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Barrett was ineligible to be a candidate in District 32B. Barrett's name remained on the ballot, but the results were not certified and a special election was held on February 14, 2017.^[52] Republican Ann Neu won the special election.^[53]
3. Suspended campaign due to family issues. His name remained on the ballot.^[233]

1. 32B results were invalidated because the Republican candidate was ruled ineligible due to residency issues.^[1]