2006_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election

2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives; 68 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Steve Sviggum; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Margaret Anderson Kelliher; Democratic (DFL)

2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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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.

Quick Facts All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

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.

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Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
Party		Candidates	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)^[1]			2,217,818	60.47	18.30
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,^[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library^[3]

2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election