2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election

2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election

November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher Marty Seifert Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since June 20, 2006 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat 60A–Minneapolis 21A–Marshall Last election 85 seats, 54.86% 49 seats, 44.44% Seats won 87 47 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 1,516,633 1,211,020 Percentage 54.87% 43.81% Swing 0.01 pp 0.63 pp
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.

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

Districts won

Summary of the November 4, 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	134	1,516,633	54.87	0.01	87	2	64.93
	Republican Party of Minnesota	134	1,211,020	43.81	0.63	47	2	35.07
	Independence Party of Minnesota	11	14,601	0.53	0.22	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	3	6,648	0.24	0.11	0		0.00
	Independent	3	9,717	0.35	0.32	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	5,670	0.21	0.03	0		0.00
Total			2,764,289	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			157,209	5.38	1.48
Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters)			2,921,498	78.11	17.64
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2006
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2008

External links

• Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2008 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State