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2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election Minnesota 1983 legislative no 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election 2004 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election 2008 2006 11 07 All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 File:MAK Headshot cropped.jpg 150x150px Margaret Anderson Kelliher Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party June 20, 2006 60A–Minneapolis 66 seats, 51.20% 85 19 1,169,298 54.86% 3.66 pp Percentage points Steve Sviggum (cropped).jpg Steve Sviggum Republican Party of Minnesota April 17, 1992 28B–Kenyon 68 seats, 46.79% 49 19 947,138 44.44% 2.35 pp Percentage points Speaker Steve Sviggum Republican Party of Minnesota Margaret Anderson Kelliher Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 300px Results by gains and holds 300px Results by winning party vote share
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.
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
SourceRankingAs of RothenbergJacobson Louis November 4, 2006 State Legislature Ratings https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/state-legislature-ratings 2024-08-19 www.insideelections.com en
| Tossup November 4, 2006
Results
+ Summary of the November 7, 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election results Party Candidates Votes Seats No. Number % ∆pp Percentage points No. Number ∆No. Number % 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)http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1744/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2014.pdf Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014 Minnesota Secretary of State August 13, 2016 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 2,217,818 60.47 18.30 Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/55?districttype=LG Results for all State Representatives Minnesota Secretary of State January 16, 2018 Minnesota Legislative Reference Libraryhttp://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus?body=h Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library December 8, 2013
See also
Minnesota Senate election, 2006
Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
Minnesota elections, 2006
References
External links
Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2006 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State
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