Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2008

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2008

November 4, 2008

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher Marty Seifert Party DFL Republican Leader since June 20, 2006 November 18, 2006 Leader's seat 60A–Minneapolis 21A–Marshall Last election 85 seats, 54.86% 49 seats, 44.44% Seats won 87 47 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 1,516,633 1,211,020 Percentage 54.87% 43.81% Swing 0.01 pp 0.63 pp

Speaker before election Margaret Anderson Kelliher DFL Elected Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher 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

Summary of the November 4, 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			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
	Moderate Independent	1	7,760	0.28	0.28	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	3	6,648	0.24	0.11	0		0.00
	IVOTEMN.net	1	719	0.03	0.03	0		0.00
	Independent	1	1,238	0.04	0.01	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]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2006
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2008

References

1. "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2012" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
2. "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
3. "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