2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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  2000 November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05) 2004  

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Steve Sviggum (cropped).jpg
DFL
Leader Steve Sviggum Tom Pugh
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader sinceApril 17, 1992January 5, 1999
Leader's seat28B–Kenyon 39A–South St. Paul
Last election69 seats65 seats
Seats before7163
Seats won8252
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote1,062,0761,034,046
Percentage49.13%47.84%

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Speaker before election

Steve Sviggum
Republican

Elected Speaker

Steve Sviggum
Republican

The 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 83rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.

Contents

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %No.No. %
Republican Party of Minnesota 1291,062,07649.1382Increase2.svg1161.19
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1311,034,04647.8452Decrease2.svg1138.81
Independence Party of Minnesota 2643,5302.010Steady2.svg0.00
Green Party of Minnesota 1713,1640.610Steady2.svg0.00
Constitution Party of Minnesota 11,3240.060Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 17260.030Steady2.svg0.00
Write-in N/A6,7030.310Steady2.svg0.00
Total2,161,569100.00134±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes121,2915.31
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters) [1] 2,282,86064.89Decrease2.svg5.22 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. "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 9, 2013.