2013 Minnesota House of Representatives district 14A special election

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District 14A special election, 2013
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The District 14A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives
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Nominee Tama Theis Joanne Dorsher
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote2,6702,091
Percentage54.51%42.69%
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Precinct Results

Theis:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Dorsher:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Representative before election

Steve Gottwalt
Republican

Elected Representative

Tama Theis
Republican

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013, to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7, 2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee, won the special election.

Contents

Background

On January 3, 2013, Representative Steve Gottwalt announced that he would resign to take a job as the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging. [1] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature. [2]

Candidates

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Nominee

  • Joanne Dorsher (party endorsed), former St. Cloud school board member [3] [4]

Declined

Republican Party of Minnesota

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Scott Mac Hardy, Iraq War veteran [4] [6]
  • James Parmele [7]
  • John Severson, former St. Cloud city council member [4] [6]

Independence Party of Minnesota

Nominee

  • Todd McKee, small business owner; part-time truck driver [8]

Results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes %∆pp
District 14A special election, 2013 [9]
Resignation of Steve Gottwalt
Voters: 4,898 (−74.29%)		 Republican hold
Plurality: 579 (11.82 pp) +3.72		 Tama Theis Republican 2,67054.51−5.39
Joanne Dorsher DFL 2,09142.69−3.11
Todd McKee Independence 1302.65N/A
Write-in N/A70.14−0.15

Previous election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes %
Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012 [10]
Redrawn district
Voters: 19,051		 Republican win
Plurality: 1,543 (8.10 pp)		 Steve Gottwalt Republican 10,26953.90
Anne Nolan DFL 8,72645.80
Write-in N/A560.29

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, Jennifer (January 3, 2013). "New job leads State Rep. Gottwalt to abruptly quit". Star Tribune . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ Stassen-Berger, Rachel E. (January 7, 2013). "DFL Rep. Morrow and GOP Rep. Gottwalt resign, let the special elections begin". Star Tribune . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kimball, Joe (January 21, 2013). "DFLers endorse candidates for special elections in House Districts 14A, 19A". MinnPost . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kimball, Joe (January 8, 2013). "Candidates line up for Gottwalt's state House seat in St. Cloud". MinnPost . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Sommerhauser, Mark (January 10, 2013). "DFL settles it: Dorsher will run for Gottwalt seat". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. 1 2 3 Kimball, Joe (January 14, 2013). "Tama Theis gets GOP endorsement for special election in House District 14A". MinnPost . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ Sommerhauser, Mark (January 12, 2013). "GOP candidate Theis cast as business champion, social conservative". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Kimball, Joe (January 16, 2013). "Candidates set for state House special election in St. Cloud area". MinnPost . Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved February 8, 2014.

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