2013 Minnesota House of Representatives district 14A special election

none June 2026 September 2023 District 14A special election, 2013 Minnesota 1983 by-election no Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012 2012 2013 02 12 Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014 2014 The District 14A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives 150x150px Tama Theis Republican Party of Minnesota 2,670 54.51% Joanne Dorsher Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 2,091 42.69% MNHouse14ASpecial2013.svg 150px Precinct Results Theis: #e27f7f 50-60% #d75d5d 60-70% #d72f30 70-80% Dorsher: #a5b0ff 40-50% #7996e2 50-60% #6674de 60-70% Representative Steve Gottwalt Republican Party of Minnesota Tama Theis Republican Party of Minnesota A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013, to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7, 2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee, won the special election. Background On January 3, 2013, Representative Steve Gottwalt announced that he would resign to take a job as the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging.http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/185616282.html New job leads State Rep. Gottwalt to abruptly quit Star Tribune January 3, 2013 February 10, 2013 Brooks, Jennifer He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/185931351.html DFL Rep. Morrow and GOP Rep. Gottwalt resign, let the special elections begin Star Tribune January 7, 2013 February 10, 2013 Stassen-Berger, Rachel E. Candidates Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Nominee Joanne Dorsher (party endorsed), former St. Cloud school board memberhttp://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/01/dflers-endorse-candidates-special-elections-house-districts-14a-19a DFLers endorse candidates for special elections in House Districts 14A, 19A MinnPost January 21, 2013 February 10, 2013 Kimball, Joehttp://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/01/candidates-line-gottwalts-state-house-seat-st-cloud Candidates line up for Gottwalt's state House seat in St. Cloud MinnPost January 8, 2013 February 10, 2013 Kimball, Joe Declined Jerry McCarter, former candidate for the Minnesota Senatehttp://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301100057 DFL settles it: Dorsher will run for Gottwalt seat St. Cloud Times January 10, 2013 February 10, 2013 Sommerhauser, Mark February 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Republican Party of Minnesota Nominee Tama Theis (party endorsed), small business ownerhttp://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/01/tama-theis-gets-gop-endorsement-special-election-house-district-14a Tama Theis gets GOP endorsement for special election in House District 14A MinnPost January 14, 2013 February 10, 2013 Kimball, Joe Withdrawn Scott Mac Hardy, Iraq War veteran James Parmelehttp://www.sctimes.com/article/20130112/NEWS01/301120020/GOP-candidate-Theis-cast-business-champion-social-conservative GOP candidate Theis cast as business champion, social conservative St. Cloud Times January 12, 2013 February 10, 2013 Sommerhauser, Mark February 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes John Severson, former St. Cloud city council member Independence Party of Minnesota Nominee Todd McKee, small business owner; part-time truck driverhttp://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/01/candidates-set-state-house-special-election-st-cloud-area Candidates set for state House special election in St. Cloud area MinnPost January 16, 2013 February 10, 2013 Kimball, Joe Results Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ∆pp District 14A special election, 2013http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/4?districtid=381 Results for State Representative District 14A Minnesota Secretary of State February 8, 2014 February 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225005802/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/4?districtid=381 dead Resignation of Steve GottwaltVoters: 4,898 (−74.29%) Republican holdPlurality: 579 (11.82 pp) +3.72 Tama Theis Republican 2,670 54.51 −5.39 Joanne Dorsher DFL 2,091 42.69 −3.11 Todd McKee Independence 130 2.65 N/A Write-in N/A 7 0.14 −0.15 Previous election results Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=381 Results for State Representative District 14A Minnesota Secretary of State February 8, 2014 February 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225005800/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=381 dead Redrawn districtVoters: 19,051 Republican winPlurality: 1,543 (8.10 pp) Steve Gottwalt Republican 10,269 53.90 Anne Nolan DFL 8,726 45.80 Write-in N/A 56 0.29 References External links Information on the special election at the Minnesota Secretary of State website Official campaign websites Joanne Dorsher Tama Theis House of Representatives Category:Special elections in Minnesota Minnesota House, District 14A