2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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  2006 November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04) 2010  

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher Marty Seifert
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Leader sinceJune 20, 2006November 18, 2006
Leader's seat60A–Minneapolis 21A–Marshall
Last election85 seats, 54.86%49 seats, 44.44%
Seats won8747
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote1,516,6331,211,020
Percentage54.87%43.81%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.01 ppDecrease2.svg0.63 pp

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Speaker before election

Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Democratic (DFL)

The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.

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The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.

Results

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Districts won
Summary of the November 4, 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %ppNo.No. %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1341,516,63354.87Increase2.svg0.0187Increase2.svg264.93
Republican Party of Minnesota 1341,211,02043.81Decrease2.svg0.6347Decrease2.svg235.07
Independence Party of Minnesota 1114,6010.53Increase2.svg0.220Steady2.svg0.00
Green Party of Minnesota 36,6480.24Increase2.svg0.110Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 39,7170.35Increase2.svg0.320Steady2.svg0.00
Write-in N/A5,6700.21Decrease2.svg0.030Steady2.svg0.00
Total2,764,289100.00±0.00134±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes157,2095.38Increase Negative.svg1.48
Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters) [1] 2,921,49878.11Increase2.svg17.64
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 11, 2013.