2016 Minnesota House of Representatives district 50B special election

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District 50B special election, 2016
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  2014 February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09) November 2016  

The District 50B seat in the Minnesota House of
Representatives
 
Nominee Chad Anderson Andrew Carlson
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote2,5822,452
Percentage51.24%48.66%

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Precinct Results

Anderson:     50-60%     60-70%

Carlson:     50-60%

Representative before election

Ann Lenczewski
Democratic (DFL)

Elected
Representative

Chad Anderson
Republican

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new representative for District 50B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Ann Lenczewski, effective on December 15, 2015. As only one candidate each filed for the nomination of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), a primary election was not held. Chad Anderson, the Republican nominee, won the special election.

Contents

Candidates

Republican Party of Minnesota

The Senate District 50 Republican Party held a convention to endorse a candidate on December 12, 2015. Chad Anderson won the endorsement over Sanu Patel-Zellinger after a single ballot. [1]

Withdrawn

  • Sanu Patel-Zellinger [1]

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

The Senate District 50 Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed Andrew Carlson on December 14, 2015.

Results

Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election, 2016 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes %pp
Republican Party of Minnesota Chad Anderson 2,58251.24+17.00
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Andrew Carlson2,45248.66−16.94
Write-in N/A50.10−0.06
Total5,039100.00±0.00

Previous election results

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2014: District 50B [4]
PartyCandidateVotes %pp
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Ann Lenczewski 10,06065.60+0.33
Republican Party of Minnesota Zavier Bicott5,25134.24−0.32
Write-in N/A240.16−0.01
Total15,335100.00±0.00

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Introducing the endorsed candidate for 50B!". Senate District 50 Republican Party. December 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. Steller, Chris (November 19, 2015). "Lenczewski has a favorite to succeed her in House". Politics in Minnesota. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved November 16, 2015.