1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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  1996 November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03) 2000  

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Steve Sviggum Phil Carruthers
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader sinceApril 17, 1992November 7, 1996
Leader's seat28B–Kenyon 47B–Brooklyn Center
Last election64 seats70 seats
Seats won7163
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg7
Popular vote1,050,635934,919
Percentage52.18%46.43%

Speaker before election

Phil Carruthers
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Steve Sviggum
Republican

The 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1998, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 81st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 15, 1998.

Contents

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which had a majority since the 1986 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1999.

Results

Summary of the November 3, 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %No.No. %
Republican Party of Minnesota 1341,050,63552.1871Increase2.svg752.99
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 127934,91946.4363Decrease2.svg747.01
Reform Party of Minnesota 1418,9490.940Steady2.svg0.00
Grassroots Party of Minnesota 11,2700.060Steady2.svg0.00
Libertarian Party of Minnesota 11,1210.060Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 21,9640.100Steady2.svg0.00
Write-in N/A4,6540.230Steady2.svg0.00
Total2,013,500100.00134±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes92,4844.39
Turnout (out of 3,378,089 eligible voters) [1] 2,105,98462.34Decrease2.svg4.27 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library [3]

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References

  1. "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 13, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "State House of Representatives Official Results" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 29, 2015.