1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election

none July 2026 September 2023 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election Minnesota 1957 legislative no 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election 1978 1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election 1982 1980 11 04 All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 Irvin Anderson (cropped).jpg Irv Anderson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1978 3A–International Falls 67 seats 68 70 2 900,218 File:Rodney Searle.jpg Rod Searle(retired) Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 1978 30B–Waseca 67 seats 66 64 2 924,863 Speaker Fred Norton Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Harry Sieben Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party The 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1980, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1980. The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1981. Background The last election resulted in the DFL and Independent-Republicans winning an equal number of seats. Under an agreement reached between the two parties, the Republicans would be given the speakership, the chairs of the divisions of the appropriations and tax committees, and a one-vote majority on the divisions of the tax committee. The DFL would be given the chairs and a one-vote majority on the rules and tax committees as well as the chair of the appropriations committee.http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10600 Searle Sr., Rodney Newell "Rod" Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Legislators Past & Present November 15, 2015 The chairs and membership of the remaining committees would be equally divided.Hanson 1989 72 This arrangement would last until the end of the legislative session in May 1979, when the DFL obtained a majority after the House removed Republican member Bob Pavlak from office on a straight party-line vote, declaring that he violated the Minnesota Fair Campaign Practices Act and therefore was not legally elected.http://www.leg.mn/archive/LegDB/Articles/10510HseJournalContestedElection.pdf Minn. H.J., 71st Leg., Reg. Sess. pp. 2577–78 (1979) Minnesota House of Representatives Journal of the House November 15, 2015 Pavlak was legally barred from casting their vote on matters relating to his contested election, allowing the motion to remove him to pass. Pavlak ran in the resulting special election for his former seat held on June 19, 1979, losing to DFL candidate Frank Rodriguez.http://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1979-06-19-s-man.pdf Minnesota Legislative Manual 1979–1980 Minnesota Secretary of State November 16, 2015 2 After obtaining a majority, the DFL caucus voted to support caucus leader Irv Anderson to be speaker. However, some DFL members who felt were punished by Anderson "for prior policy disagreements or for personal reasons by denying them the committee positions in 1979 that they had expected by virtue of experience and geography" were opposed to electing him speaker.Hanson 1989 62 A group of 26 DFL members, led by Gordon Voss and Fred Norton, formed a coalition with the Republicans, electing Norton speaker in 1980.Hanson 1989 72 Results + Summary of the November 4, 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election results Party Candidates Votes Seats No. Number ∆No. Number % Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 122 900,218 70 2 52.24 Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 121 924,863 64 2 47.76 Independent 5 11,344 0 0.00 Write-in 1 1,841 0 0.00 Total 134 ±0 100.00 Turnout (out of 2,882,406 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 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 2,079,411 72.14% 14.19 pp Percentage points Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,http://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1980-11-04-g-sec.pdf Minnesota Election Results 1980 Minnesota Secretary of State November 1, 2015 8–103 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 November 2, 2015 Aftermath Although Irv Anderson was the leader of the DFL caucus, DFL representative Harry Sieben sought the support of the DFL caucus to be speaker. Believing that Anderson would have trouble leading a divided caucus following the election of Fred Norton as speaker, Sieben convinced Anderson to support him. Sieben and Norton tied on the first ballot, each receiving 35 votes. After two more ballots, Sieben won the unanimous support of the caucus.Hanson 1989 73 See also Minnesota Senate election, 1980 Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1978 References Bibliography Tribune of the People: The Minnesota Legislature and Its Leadership University of Minnesota Press Hanson Royce 1989 Minneapolis 0816617902 20012294 collapsed Category:1980 Minnesota elections Category:Minnesota House of Representatives elections Minnesota