2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota.

2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Melissa Hortman Kurt Daudt Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since November 10, 2016 November 10, 2012 Leader's seat 36B–Brooklyn Park 31A–Crown Last election 75 seats, 54.40% 59 seats, 45.09% Seats won 70 64 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 1,601,357 1,510,928 Percentage 51.06% 48.17% Swing 3.34 pp 3.09 pp
Speaker before election Melissa Hortman Democratic (DFL) Elected Speaker Melissa Hortman Democratic (DFL)

The 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2020, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 11, 2020. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Senate, and other elections.

Background

The last election in 2018 resulted in the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) winning a majority of 75 seats, ending four years of a Republican majority. As there was no Senate election, this resulted in split control of the Legislature with Republicans holding a majority in the Senate they won in 2016.

Electoral system

The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (DFL, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis, Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period was from May 19 to June 2, 2020. ^[1]

Retiring members

Retiring incumbents (light red and light blue) by district.

DFL

• Ben Lien, 4A ^[2]
• Jack Considine, 19B ^[3]
• Duane Sauke, 25B ^[4]
• Lyndon Carlson, 45A ^[5]
• Laurie Halverson, 51B ^[6]
• Hunter Cantrell, 56A ^[7]
• Alice Mann, 56B ^[7]
• Jean Wagenius, 63B ^[8]
• Tim Mahoney, 67A ^[9]

Republican

• Dan Fabian, 1A ^[10]
• Sandy Layman, 5B ^[11]
• Bud Nornes, 8A ^[12]
• Bob Vogel, 20A ^[13]
• Bob Gunther, 23A ^[14]
• Linda Runbeck, 38A

Primary elections results

A primary election was held in 23 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. 11 Republican nominations and 12 DFL nominations were contested. Nine incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. DFL incumbents Raymond Dehn in District 59B and John Lesch in District 66B were not renominated. ^[15]

District		Party	Candidates	Votes	%
1A		Republican	John Burkel	3,167	90.85
			David Lion	193	5.54
			Brian Meehan	126	3.61
		DFL	Connie Lindstrom	1,821	100.00
4A		Republican	Edwin Hahn	848	100.00
		DFL	Heather Keeler	1,888	66.32
			Chuck Hendrickson	959	33.68
15B		Republican	Shane Mekeland	1,867	71.89
			John Ulrick	730	28.11
		DFL	Ron Thiessen	1,024	100.00
16B		Republican	Paul Torkelson	2,621	78.83
			Tammy Houle	704	21.17
		DFL	Mindy Kimmel	1,953	100.00
17A		LMN	Ed Engelmann	50	100.00
		Republican	Tim Miller	2,672	100.00
		DFL	Ben Dolan	1,593	80.17
			Robert Wright	394	19.83
23	A	Republican	Bjorn Olson	2,484	57.34
			Michael Sukalski	1,848	42.66
		DFL	Pat Bacon	1,409	100.00
	B	Republican	Jeremy Munson	3,045	79.40
			Yvonne Simon	790	20.60
		DFL	Leroy McClelland	1,781	100.00
27A		Republican	Peggy Bennett	2,018	100.00
		DFL	Thomas Martinez	1,705	70.45
			Joe Pacovsky	715	29.55
31A		Republican	Kurt Daudt	1,940	86.45
			Beau Hullermann	304	13.55
		DFL	Brad Brown	1,277	100.00
32B		Republican	Anne Neu	1,559	80.94
			Joelle Walmsley	367	19.06
		DFL	Katie Malchow	1,926	100.00
33B		Republican	Andrew Myers	2,222	70.47
			Marianne Stebbins	931	29.53
		DFL	Kelly Morrison	4,778	100.00
38A		Republican	Donald Raleigh	1,508	55.79
			Doug Malsom	788	29.15
			Kelly Gunderson	407	15.06
		DFL	Kris Fredrick	2,808	100.00
39A		Republican	Bob Dettmer	1,573	100.00
		DFL	Ann Mozey	3,260	91.21
			Chuck Fitzer	314	8.79
45A		Republican	Jesse Pfliger	1,181	100.00
		DFL	Cedrick Frazier	3,697	68.77
			Daonna Depoister	1,679	31.23
51	A	Republican	Patrick Zurick	1,180	100.00
		DFL	Sandra Masin	3,145	81.73
			Justin Clark	703	18.27
	B	Republican	Fern Smith	1,134	100.00
		DFL	Liz Reyer	3,173	63.54
			Mike Maguire	1,821	36.46
55A		LMN	Ryan Martin	40	100.00
		Republican	Erik Mortensen	1,673	55.00
			Bob Loonan	1,369	45.00
		DFL	Brad Tabke	2,056	100.00
56A		Republican	Pam Myhra	1,622	91.95
			Basil Martin	142	8.05
		DFL	Jess Hanson	3,149	100.00
59B		Republican	Alan Shilepsky	402	100.00
		DFL	Esther Agbaje	4,443	48.24
			Raymond Dehn	3,836	41.65
			Isaiah Whitmore	932	10.12
63	A	LMN	David Wiester	87	100.00
		Republican	Penny Arcos	475	100.00
		DFL	Jim Davnie	11,563	79.61
			April Kane	2,961	20.39
	B	LMN	Dennis Schuller	73	100.00
		Republican	Frank Pafko	775	100.00
		DFL	Emma Greenman	7,380	63.98
			Jerome Evans	3,032	26.29
			Husniyah Dent Bradley	1,123	9.74
66B		Republican	Mikki Murray	470	100.00
		DFL	Athena Hollins	2,974	60.73
			John Lesch	1,923	39.27
67A		Republican	John Stromenger	416	100.00
		DFL	John Thompson	1,603	59.33
			Hoang Murphy	1,099	40.67
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [16]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [17]	Lean D	October 21, 2020

Results

Districts won

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	+/−	No.	+/−	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	133	1,601,357	51.06	–3.34	70	–5	52.24
	Republican Party of Minnesota	130	1,510,928	48.17	+3.09	64	+5	47.76
	Legal Marijuana Now Party	5	8,780	0.28	+0.28	0	0	0.00
	Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party	1	4,054	0.13	+0.13	0	0	0.00
	Veterans Party of Minnesota	3	3,455	0.11	+0.11	0	0	0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	1,804	0.06	+0.06	0	0	0.00
	Write-in	N/A	6,136	0.20	+0.04	0	0	0.00
Total			3,136,514	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			157,266	4.77	+2.55
Turnout (out of 4,118,462 eligible voters) [18]			3,293,780	79.98	+15.73
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [19] Star Tribune [20]

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

• District 3

1. Seat A, 4.92%

• District 4

1. Seat B, 5.51%

• District 5

1. Seat A, 6.91%(gain)

• District 6

1. Seat A, 0.19%
2. Seat B, 9.21%

• District 11

1. Seat A, 2.93%

• District 14

1. Seat A, 8.1%

• District 19

1. Seat A, 0.48%(gain)

• District 20

1. Seat B, 5.09%

• District 26

1. Seat B, 1.26%

• District 27

1. Seat B, 3.18%(gain)

• District 33

1. Seat B, 1.11%

• District 34

1. Seat B, 7.36%

• District 36

1. Seat B, 2.89%

• District 37

1. Seat B, 4.92%

• District 38

1. Seat A, 7.3%
2. Seat B, 0.36%

• District 39

1. Seat B, 0.85%

• District 47

1. Seat B, 3.21%

• District 53

1. Seat B, 6.26%

• District 54

1. Seat A, 2.96%gain
2. Seat B, 7.21%

• District 55

1. Seat A, 2.41%gain

• District 56

1. Seat A, 3.33%
2. Seat B, 4.88%

District results

District		Incumbent			Candidates [21]
		Name	Party	First elected	Name	Party	Votes	%	Winner Party
1	A	Dan Fabian [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	2010	John Burkel	Republican	15,169	72.75	Republican
					Connie Lindstrom	DFL	5,670	27.19
	B	Deb Kiel	Republican	2010	Deb Kiel	Republican	13,904	70.90	Republican
					Cindy Ansbacher	DFL	5,687	29.00
2	A	Matt Grossell	Republican	2016	Matt Grossell	Republican	14,009	62.43	Republican
					Jeremiah Liend	DFL	8,395	37.41
	B	Steve Green	Republican	2012	Steve Green	Republican	14,496	66.19	Republican
					David Suby	DFL	7,384	33.72
3	A	Rob Ecklund	DFL	2015 [lower-alpha 2]	Rob Ecklund	DFL	12,581	52.42	DFL
					Thomas Manninen	Republican	11,400	47.50
	B	Mary Murphy	DFL	1976	Mary Murphy	DFL	13,865	56.62	DFL
					Andrew Hjelle	Republican	10,603	43.30
4	A	Ben Lien [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2012	Heather Keeler	DFL	11,487	56.67	DFL
					Edwin Hahn	Republican	8,748	43.16
	B	Paul Marquart	DFL	2000	Paul Marquart	DFL	12,022	52.73	DFL
					Brian Anderson	Republican	10,766	47.22
5	A	John Persell	DFL	2008 [lower-alpha 3]	Matt Bliss	Republican	11,482	53.37	Republican
					John Persell	DFL	9,996	46.46
	B	Sandy Layman [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	2016	Spencer Igo	Republican	14,432	61.04	Republican
					Joe Abeyta	DFL	9,187	38.85
6	A	Julie Sandstede	DFL	2016	Julie Sandstede	DFL	10,781	50.04	DFL
					Rob Farnsworth	Republican	10,741	49.85
	B	Dave Lislegard	DFL	2018	Dave Lislegard	DFL	12,648	54.54	DFL
					Julie Buria	Republican	10,513	45.33
7	A	Jennifer Schultz	DFL	2014	Jennifer Schultz	DFL	16,021	70.47	DFL
					Tom Sullivan	Republican	6,684	29.40
	B	Liz Olson	DFL	2016	Liz Olson	DFL	14,769	68.15	DFL
					Art Johnston	Republican	6,879	31.74
8	A	Bud Nornes [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	1996	Jordan Rasmusson	Republican	15,998	65.90	Republican
					Brittney Johnson	DFL	8,243	33.96
	B	Mary Franson	Republican	2010	Mary Franson	Republican	17,307	68.03	Republican
					Carol Wenner	DFL	8,101	31.84
9	A	John Poston	Republican	2016	John Poston	Republican	16,414	73.95	Republican
					Alex Herring	DFL	5,752	25.91
	B	Ron Kresha	Republican	2012	Ron Kresha	Republican	16,855	77.09	Republican
					Laura Wright	DFL	4,979	22.77
10	A	Josh Heintzeman	Republican	2014	Josh Heintzeman	Republican	15,674	64.93	Republican
					Dale Menk	DFL	8,443	34.98
	B	Dale Lueck	Republican	2014	Dale Lueck	Republican	17,031	69.41	Republican
					Gaylene Spolarich	DFL	7,497	30.55
11	A	Mike Sundin	DFL	2012	Mike Sundin	DFL	11,452	51.41	DFL
					Jeff Dotseth	Republican	10,798	48.48
	B	Nathan Nelson	Republican	2019 [lower-alpha 2]	Nathan Nelson	Republican	13,484	65.34	Republican
					Jack Frechette	DFL	7,145	34.62
12	A	Jeff Backer	Republican	2014	Jeff Backer	Republican	14,775	66.88	Republican
					Murray Smart	DFL	7,299	33.04
	B	Paul Anderson	Republican	2008	Paul Anderson	Republican	17,151	75.01	Republican
					Ben Schirmers	DFL	5,697	24.92
13	A	Lisa Demuth	Republican	2018	Lisa Demuth	Republican	16,056	70.75	Republican
					Katy Westlund	DFL	6,610	29.13
	B	Tim O'Driscoll	Republican	2010	Tim O'Driscoll	Republican	16,524	68.16	Republican
					Benjamin Carollo	DFL	7,684	31.70
14	A	Tama Theis	Republican	2013 [lower-alpha 2]	Tama Theis	Republican	11,887	53.93	Republican
					Tami Calhoun	DFL	10,102	45.83
	B	Dan Wolgamott	DFL	2018	Dan Wolgamott	DFL	9,422	55.93	DFL
					Paul Brandmire	Republican	7,383	43.82
15	A	Sondra Erickson	Republican	1998 [lower-alpha 4]	Sondra Erickson	Republican	15,717	71.19	Republican
					Cal Schmock	DFL	6,329	28.67
	B	Shane Mekeland	Republican	2018	Shane Mekeland	Republican	17,616	70.55	Republican
					Ron Thiessen	DFL	5,898	23.62
					Myron Wilson	Veterans	1,425	5.71
16	A	Chris Swedzinski	Republican	2010	Chris Swedzinski	Republican	13,930	69.15	Republican
					Doria Drost	DFL	6,200	30.78
	B	Paul Torkelson	Republican	2008	Paul Torkelson	Republican	14,476	67.61	Republican
					Mindy Kimmel	DFL	6,908	32.26
17	A	Tim Miller	Republican	2014	Tim Miller	Republican	13,272	64.30	Republican
					Ben Dolan	DFL	6,357	30.80
					Ed Engelmann	LMN	1,007	4.88
	B	Dave Baker	Republican	2014	Dave Baker	Republican	14,997	70.67	Republican
					Logan Kortgard	DFL	6,198	29.21
18	A	Dean Urdahl	Republican	2002	Dean Urdahl	Republican	19,594	97.59	Republican
	B	Glenn Gruenhagen	Republican	2010	Glenn Gruenhagen	Republican	15,475	71.37	Republican
					Heather Bakke	DFL	6,185	28.52
19	A	Jeff Brand	DFL	2018	Susan Akland	Republican	11,621	50.15	Republican
					Jeff Brand	DFL	11,510	49.67
	B	Jack Considine [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2014	Luke Frederick	DFL	12,052	59.68	DFL
					Jeremy Loger	Republican	8,098	40.10
20	A	Bob Vogel [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	2014	Brian Pfarr	Republican	16,922	68.65	Republican
					Erina Prom	DFL	7,705	31.26
	B	Todd Lippert	DFL	2018	Todd Lippert	DFL	12,585	52.49	DFL
					Joe Moravchik	Republican	11,366	47.40
21	A	Barb Haley	Republican	2016	Barb Haley	Republican	13,961	59.60	Republican
					Matt Bruns	DFL	9,436	40.28
	B	Steve Drazkowski	Republican	2007 [lower-alpha 2]	Steve Drazkowski	Republican	15,647	66.58	Republican
					Elise Diesslin	DFL	7,831	33.32
22	A	Joe Schomacker	Republican	2010	Joe Schomacker	Republican	15,161	73.02	Republican
					Chris Baumberger	DFL	5,584	26.89
	B	Rod Hamilton	Republican	2004	Rod Hamilton	Republican	12,809	72.89	Republican
					Lynn Herrick	DFL	4,748	27.02
23	A	Bob Gunther [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	1995 [lower-alpha 2]	Bjorn Olson	Republican	14,324	68.45	Republican
					Pat Bacon	DFL	6,523	31.17
	B	Jeremy Munson	Republican	2018 [lower-alpha 2]	Jeremy Munson	Republican	13,919	64.67	Republican
					Leroy McClelland	DFL	7,577	35.20
24	A	John Petersburg	Republican	2012	John Petersburg	Republican	13,066	61.15	Republican
					Tom Shea	DFL	8,281	38.76
	B	Brian Daniels	Republican	2014	Brian Daniels	Republican	12,687	66.29	Republican
					Ashley Martinez-Perez	DFL	6,417	33.53
25	A	Duane Quam	Republican	2010	Duane Quam	Republican	14,479	57.47	Republican
					Kim Hicks	DFL	10,692	42.44
	B	Duane Sauke [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2016	Liz Boldon	DFL	13,211	58.03	DFL
					Kenneth Bush	Republican	9,522	41.83
26	A	Tina Liebling	DFL	2004	Tina Liebling	DFL	13,207	63.85	DFL
					Gary Melin	Republican	7,443	35.99
	B	Nels Pierson	Republican	2014	Nels Pierson	Republican	13,999	50.60	Republican
					Randy Brock	DFL	13,652	49.34
27	A	Peggy Bennett	Republican	2014	Peggy Bennett	Republican	13,416	63.43	Republican
					Thomas Martinez	DFL	7,719	36.49
	B	Jeanne Poppe	DFL	2004	Patricia Mueller	Republican	9,907	51.53	Republican
					Jeanne Poppe	DFL	9,295	48.35
28	A	Gene Pelowski	DFL	1986	Gene Pelowski	DFL	15,167	95.98	DFL
	B	Greg Davids	Republican	1991 [lower-alpha 5]	Greg Davids	Republican	14,711	63.67	Republican
					Jordan Fontenello	DFL	8,344	36.11
29	A	Joe McDonald	Republican	2010	Joe McDonald	Republican	17,823	70.29	Republican
					Renée Cardarelle	DFL	7,499	29.57
	B	Marion O'Neill	Republican	2012	Marion O'Neill	Republican	14,290	62.95	Republican
					Joe Rosh	DFL	8,373	36.88
30	A	Paul Novotny	Republican	2020 [lower-alpha 2]	Paul Novotny	Republican	16,154	66.23	Republican
					Chad Hobot	DFL	8,219	33.70
	B	Eric Lucero	Republican	2014	Eric Lucero	Republican	17,745	65.92	Republican
					Brad Kovach	DFL	9,132	33.92
31	A	Kurt Daudt	Republican	2010	Kurt Daudt	Republican	17,960	72.84	Republican
					Brad Brown	DFL	6,664	27.03
	B	Cal Bahr	Republican	2016	Cal Bahr	Republican	17,447	67.10	Republican
					Sue Larson	DFL	8,532	32.81
32	A	Brian Johnson	Republican	2012	Brian Johnson	Republican	16,381	68.20	Republican
					Renae Berg	DFL	7,607	31.67
	B	Anne Neu	Republican	2017 [lower-alpha 2]	Anne Neu	Republican	15,385	62.13	Republican
					Katie Malchow	DFL	9,353	37.77
33	A	Jerry Hertaus	Republican	2012	Jerry Hertaus	Republican	17,660	58.04	Republican
					Caitlin Cahill	DFL	12,755	41.92
	B	Kelly Morrison	DFL	2018	Kelly Morrison	DFL	14,202	50.52	DFL
					Andrew Myers	Republican	13,889	49.41
34	A	Kristin Robbins	Republican	2018	Kristin Robbins	Republican	16,555	57.83	Republican
					Brian Raines	DFL	12,056	42.11
	B	Kristin Bahner	DFL	2018	Kristin Bahner	DFL	15,337	53.65	DFL
					Dori Trossen	Republican	13,232	46.29
35	A	John Heinrich	Republican	2018	John Heinrich	Republican	13,525	56.12	Republican
					Mike Erickson	DFL	10,559	43.82
	B	Peggy Scott	Republican	2008	Peggy Scott	Republican	15,385	60.17	Republican
					Jason Ruffalo	DFL	10,170	39.77
36	A	Zack Stephenson	DFL	2018	Zack Stephenson	DFL	12,419	51.32	DFL
					Bill Maresh	Republican	11,744	48.53
	B	Melissa Hortman	DFL	2004	Melissa Hortman	DFL	15,076	60.45	DFL
					Scott Simmons	Republican	9,828	39.41
37	A	Erin Koegel	DFL	2016	Erin Koegel	DFL	12,389	55.10	DFL
					Ken Wendling	Republican	10,070	44.78
	B	Nolan West	Republican	2016	Nolan West	Republican	14,328	52.40	Republican
					Amir Malik	DFL	12,984	47.48
38	A	Linda Runbeck [lower-alpha 1]	Republican	1989 [lower-alpha 6]	Donald Raleigh	Republican	13,843	53.61	Republican
					Kris Fredrick	DFL	11,960	46.31
	B	Ami Wazlawik	DFL	2018	Ami Wazlawik	DFL	13,906	50.12	DFL
					Elliott Engen	Republican	13,807	49.76
39	A	Bob Dettmer	Republican	2006	Bob Dettmer	Republican	15,499	57.84	Republican
					Ann Mozey	DFL	11,275	42.08
	B	Shelly Christensen	DFL	2018	Shelly Christensen	DFL	14,018	50.39	DFL
					Joe Garofalo	Republican	13,781	49.54
40	A	Mike Nelson	DFL	2002	Mike Nelson	DFL	11,775	72.90	DFL
					David True	Republican	4,348	26.92
	B	Samantha Vang	DFL	2018	Samantha Vang	DFL	11,370	62.79	DFL
					Charlotte Smith	Republican	4,574	25.26
					Mary O'Connor	LMN	2,147	11.86
41	A	Connie Bernardy	DFL	2000 [lower-alpha 7]	Connie Bernardy	DFL	14,208	64.05	DFL
					Susan Erickson	Republican	7,937	35.78
	B	Mary Kunesh-Podein	DFL	2016	Sandra Feist	DFL	15,958	70.51	DFL
					Ronald Vogel	Republican	6,647	29.37
42	A	Kelly Moller	DFL	2018	Kelly Moller	DFL	14,981	60.72	DFL
					Candy Sina	Republican	9,659	39.15
	B	Jamie Becker-Finn	DFL	2016	Jamie Becker-Finn	DFL	15,950	61.97	DFL
					Sue Finney	Republican	9,750	37.88
43	A	Peter Fischer	DFL	2012	Peter Fischer	DFL	14,492	60.69	DFL
					Paul Babin	Republican	9,357	39.19
	B	Leon Lillie	DFL	2004	Leon Lillie	DFL	12,651	56.70	DFL
					Jordan Herzog	Republican	8,330	37.33
					Antonio Nerios	Veterans	1,309	5.87
44	A	Ginny Klevorn	DFL	2018	Ginny Klevorn	DFL	17,644	59.63	DFL
					Perry Nouis	Republican	11,929	40.32
	B	Patty Acomb	DFL	2018	Patty Acomb	DFL	17,340	62.29	DFL
					Gary Porter	Republican	10,480	37.65
45	A	Lyndon Carlson [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	1972	Cedrick Frazier	DFL	13,870	63.08	DFL
					Jesse Pfliger	Republican	8,086	36.77
	B	Mike Freiberg	DFL	2012	Mike Freiberg	DFL	17,929	70.63	DFL
					Ken Fitzgerald	Republican	7,430	29.27
46	A	Ryan Winkler	DFL	2006 [lower-alpha 8]	Ryan Winkler	DFL	18,702	69.71	DFL
					Anne Taylor	Republican	8,103	30.20
	B	Cheryl Youakim	DFL	2014	Cheryl Youakim	DFL	18,731	73.66	DFL
					Melissa Moore	Republican	6,670	26.23
47	A	Jim Nash	Republican	2014	Jim Nash	Republican	19,267	67.35	Republican
					Arlan Brinkmeier	DFL	9,308	32.54
	B	Greg Boe	Republican	2018	Greg Boe	Republican	14,172	51.54	Republican
					Dan Kessler	DFL	13,290	48.33
48	A	Laurie Pryor	DFL	2016	Laurie Pryor	DFL	16,348	60.91	DFL
					Eric Wessels	Republican	10,478	39.04
	B	Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn	DFL	2018	Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn	DFL	13,410	55.00	DFL
					Holly Link	Republican	10,962	44.96
49	A	Heather Edelson	DFL	2018	Heather Edelson	DFL	20,306	95.62	DFL
	B	Steve Elkins	DFL	2018	Steve Elkins	DFL	17,883	62.22	DFL
					Joe Thalman	Republican	10,836	37.70
50	A	Michael Howard	DFL	2018	Michael Howard	DFL	14,626	68.53	DFL
					Tim Johnson	Republican	6,692	31.35
	B	Andrew Carlson	DFL	2016	Andrew Carlson	DFL	15,504	63.17	DFL
					Gary Heyer	Republican	9,021	36.75
51	A	Sandra Masin	DFL	2006 [lower-alpha 9]	Sandra Masin	DFL	14,566	61.76	DFL
					Patrick Zurick	Republican	8,976	38.06
	B	Laurie Halverson [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2012	Liz Reyer	DFL	15,764	60.23	DFL
					Fern Smith	Republican	10,387	39.68
52	A	Rick Hansen	DFL	2004	Rick Hansen	DFL	15,704	65.47	DFL
					Mariah de la Paz	Republican	8,243	34.36
	B	Ruth Richardson	DFL	2018	Ruth Richardson	DFL	13,653	55.45	DFL
					Cynthia Lonnquist	Republican	10,947	44.46
53	A	Tou Xiong	DFL	2018	Tou Xiong	DFL	13,801	59.74	DFL
					William Johnston	Republican	9,276	40.15
	B	Steve Sandell	DFL	2018	Steve Sandell	DFL	16,269	53.09	DFL
					Kelly Jahner-Byrne	Republican	14,350	46.83
54	A	Anne Claflin	DFL	2018	Keith Franke	Republican	12,125	51.42	Republican
					Anne Claflin	DFL	11,428	48.46
	B	Tony Jurgens	Republican	2016	Tony Jurgens	Republican	13,176	53.54	Republican
					Kelsey Waits	DFL	11,402	46.33
55	A	Brad Tabke	DFL	2018	Erik Mortensen	Republican	10,926	47.41	Republican
					Brad Tabke	DFL	10,372	45.00
					Ryan Martin	LMN	1,706	7.40
	B	Tony Albright	Republican	2012	Tony Albright	Republican	17,128	62.27	Republican
					Andrea Nelsen	DFL	10,364	37.68
56	A	Hunter Cantrell [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2018	Jessica Hanson	DFL	13,166	51.61	DFL
					Pam Myhra	Republican	12,316	48.28
	B	Alice Mann [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	2018	Kaela Berg	DFL	12,070	52.38	DFL
					Roz Peterson	Republican	10,945	47.50
57	A	Robert Bierman	DFL	2018	Robert Bierman	DFL	15,574	55.70	DFL
					Megan Olson	Republican	12,357	44.20
	B	John Huot	DFL	2018	John Huot	DFL	14,527	55.02	DFL
					Sandra Jimenez	Republican	11,857	44.91
58	A	Jon Koznick	Republican	2014	Jon Koznick	Republican	15,172	56.21	Republican
					Erin Preese	DFL	11,800	43.72
	B	Pat Garofalo	Republican	2004	Pat Garofalo	Republican	15,220	61.95	Republican
					Sara Wolf	DFL	9,328	37.97
59	A	Fue Lee	DFL	2016	Fue Lee	DFL	12,409	74.87	DFL
					Marcus Harcus	Grassroots	4,054	24.46
	B	Raymond Dehn [lower-alpha 10]	DFL	2012	Esther Agbaje	DFL	17,649	74.35	DFL
					Alan Shilepsky	Republican	4,249	17.90
					Lisa Neal-Delgado	Green	1,804	7.60
60	A	Sydney Jordan	DFL	2020 [lower-alpha 2]	Sydney Jordan	DFL	20,541	82.39	DFL
					John Holmberg	Republican	3,635	14.58
					Calvin Lee Carpenter	Veterans	721	2.89
	B	Mohamud Noor	DFL	2018	Mohamud Noor	DFL	16,754	98.06	DFL
61	A	Frank Hornstein	DFL	2002	Frank Hornstein	DFL	25,755	84.41	DFL
					Kurtis Fechtmeyer	Republican	4,724	15.48
	B	Jamie Long	DFL	2018	Jamie Long	DFL	22,789	83.97	DFL
					Lisa Pohlman	Republican	4,329	15.95
62	A	Hodan Hassan	DFL	2018	Hodan Hassan	DFL	14,332	89.61	DFL
					Arjun Kataria	Republican	1,618	10.12
	B	Aisha Gomez	DFL	2018	Aisha Gomez	DFL	19,121	90.95	DFL
					Ross Tenneson	Republican	1,872	8.90
63	A	Jim Davnie	DFL	2000	Jim Davnie	DFL	21,654	82.25	DFL
					Penny Arcos	Republican	2,775	10.54
					David Wiester	LMN	1,881	7.14
	B	Jean Wagenius [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	1986	Emma Greenman	DFL	18,980	72.95	DFL
					Frank Pafko	Republican	4,960	19.06
					Dennis Schuller	LMN	2,039	7.84
64	A	Kaohly Her	DFL	2018	Kaohly Her	DFL	20,605	85.65	DFL
					Sherry Schack	Republican	3,409	14.17
	B	Dave Pinto	DFL	2014	Dave Pinto	DFL	20,974	80.38	DFL
					Georgia Dietz	Republican	5,078	19.46
65	A	Rena Moran	DFL	2010	Rena Moran	DFL	14,236	83.15	DFL
					Amy Anderson	Republican	2,840	16.59
	B	Carlos Mariani	DFL	1990	Carlos Mariani	DFL	16,466	79.97	DFL
					Margaret Mary Stokely	Republican	4,080	19.82
66	A	Alice Hausman	DFL	1989 [lower-alpha 2]	Alice Hausman	DFL	18,079	74.07	DFL
					Brett Rose	Republican	6,283	25.74
	B	John Lesch [lower-alpha 10]	DFL	2002	Athena Hollins	DFL	12,860	78.61	DFL
					Mikki Murray	Republican	3,443	21.05
67	A	Tim Mahoney [lower-alpha 1]	DFL	1998	John Thompson	DFL	10,637	72.50	DFL
					John Stromenger	Republican	3,935	26.82
	B	Jay Xiong	DFL	2018	Jay Xiong	DFL	12,437	75.73	DFL
					Fred Turk	Republican	3,940	23.99

Seats changing parties

Seat gains and holds by party

Party	Incumbent	District	First elected	Winner	Party
DFL	John Persell	5A	2008 [lower-alpha 3]	Matt Bliss	Republican
	Jeff Brand	19A	2018	Susan Akland	Republican
	Jeanne Poppe	27B	2004	Patricia Mueller	Republican
	Anne Claflin	54A	2018	Keith Franke	Republican
	Brad Tabke	55A	2018	Erik Mortensen	Republican

See also

• 2020 Minnesota Senate election
• 2020 Minnesota elections
• 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Notes

1. Retiring; not seeking re-election.
2. Elected in a special election. ^[22]
3. Lost re-election in 2016. Elected again in 2018.
4. Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2008. Elected again in 2010.
5. Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2008.
6. Elected in a special election. Did not seek re-election in 1992 in order to seek election to the Minnesota Senate. Did not seek re-election to the Senate in 2000. Elected again to the House in 2010.
7. Did not seek re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2012.
8. Resigned effective on July 1, 2015. Elected again in 2018.
9. Lost re-election in 2010. Elected again in 2012.
10. Lost primary election for party's nomination.

References

1. "Candidate Filing Periods". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
2. McFeely, Mike (January 30, 2020). "Minnesota Rep. Ben Lien won't seek reelection". The Forum . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
3. Mewes, Trey (February 25, 2020). "Considine to retire from House". The Free Press . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
4. "Rochester Rep. Duane Sauke to retire". KTTC . November 20, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
5. "Rep. Lyndon Carlson won't seek re-election". Sun Post. Adams Publishing Group. December 11, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
6. Weniger, Deanna (April 27, 2020). "Rep. Halverson to leave state House, run for Dakota County Board seat vacated by Tom Egan". Pioneer Press . Retrieved June 2, 2020.
7. Gessner, John (November 12, 2019). "DFL legislators who flipped seats in 2018 won't be on 2020 ballot". Sun Thisweek. Adams Publishing Group. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
8. Van Oot, Torey (November 12, 2019). "Longtime state Rep. Jean Wagenius to retire after three decades". Star Tribune . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
9. Coolican, J. Patrick (October 30, 2019). "Rep. Tim Mahoney, St. Paul fixture, retiring after two decades". Star Tribune . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
10. "Dan Fabian announces he won't run again for Minnesota House of Representatives". Grand Forks Herald . March 10, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
11. Burnes, Jerry (June 3, 2020). "Layman to retire from House as filings end". Mesabi Daily News . Retrieved June 3, 2020.
12. Armstrong, Johanna (January 27, 2020). "Rep. Nornes will not seek re-election". The Fergus Falls Daily Journal. Boone Newspapers. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
13. "Rep. Bob Vogel Will Not Seek Re-election for Minnesota House Seat". Belle Plaine Herald. February 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
14. Smith, Lee (December 21, 2019). "Gunther: He will not run again". Fairmont Sentinel. Ogden Newspapers . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
15. Van Oot, Torey; Condon, Patrick (August 12, 2020). "Progressives shake up DFL incumbents in Minnesota". Star Tribune . Retrieved August 13, 2020.
16. "Results for All State Representative Races". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
17. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020.
18. "Statewide Reporting Statistics". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved November 13, 2020.
19. "Results for All State Representative Races". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved November 13, 2020.
20. "Minnesota election results 2020". Star Tribune . Retrieved November 11, 2020.
21. "Candidate Filings". Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved June 21, 2020.
22. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

External links

• Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Minnesota", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Minnesota: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org , Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Minnesota". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Minnesota at Ballotpedia