2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

none February 2026 September 2023 2006 Minnesota Attorney General election Minnesota File:Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg 1983 presidential no 2002 Minnesota Attorney General election 2002 2010 Minnesota Attorney General election 2010 November 7, 2006 File:Lori Swanson (cropped).jpg x150px Lori Swanson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1,131,474 53.2% File:Jeff Johnson, November 2013 East Metro Tea Party (cropped).png Jeff Johnson Republican Party (United States) 865,465 40.7% Attorney General Mike Hatch Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Lori Swanson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 280px County results 280px Precinct results 1 300px Swanson: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Johnson: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%James: #165016 >90%Tie: #DECDE6 30–40% #d2b1d9 40–50% #ae8bb1 50% #808080 No votes The 2006 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 to elect the Minnesota attorney general for a four-year term. DFL incumbent Mike Hatch chose to run for governor instead of reelection.http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/governor/hatch/ MPR: Campaign 2006: Governor: Mike Hatch Radio Minnesota Public minnesota.publicradio.org en 2017-11-29 Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won election to her first term.http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/2002-general-election-results/ 2002 General Election Results Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State 2017-11-29 2017-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033850/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/2002-general-election-results/ dead Candidates Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Former deputy attorney general Lori Swanson won the DFL nomination.https://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/11/08/agetc Democrats win attorney general, secretary of state, auditor races 2017-11-29 State Senator Steve Kelley, House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, and former U.S. Representative Bill Luther all ran unsuccessfully for the DFL nomination.http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/attorney_general/kelley/ MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Steve Kelley Radio Minnesota Public minnesota.publicradio.org en 2017-11-29http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/attorney_general/entenza/ MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Matt Entenza Radio Minnesota Public minnesota.publicradio.org en 2017-11-29http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/attorney_general/luther/ MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Bill Luther Radio Minnesota Public minnesota.publicradio.org en 2017-11-29 Republican Party State Representative and Assistant Majority Leader Jeff Johnson won the Republican nomination.http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/leginfo/elecdir04.pdf 2004 Election Directory of the 2005-2006 Minnesota Legislature 25 January 2005 Minnesota House of Representatives Independence Party Attorney and former revenue commissioner John James was the Independence Party nominee.http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2006/campaign/attorney_general/johnjames/ MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: John James Radio Minnesota Public minnesota.publicradio.org en 2017-11-29 Green Party Musician Papa John Kolstad was the Green Party nominee.https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2006/08/papa_john_and_t/ Papa John and the AG's office Mulcahy Mike Capitol View 2017-11-29 en-US Results Candidate Party Votes # % Lori Swanson Democratic–Farmer–Labor1,131,47453.24 Jeff Johnson Republican865,46540.72John JamesIndependence86,0324.05 Papa John KolstadGreen31,0001.93 Write-in —1,2360.06 Total 100.00 Turnout2,217,81860.47 Eligible votershttp://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/2804/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2016.pdf Minnesota Election Statistics, 1950–2016 Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035640/http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/2804/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2016.pdf 2017-12-01 dead3,667,707 - Source: Minnesota Secretary of State References collapsed Attorney General Category:Minnesota Attorney General elections Minnesota