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List of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives

This is a list of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Such elections are called by the governor of Minnesota to fill vacancies that occur when a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial general election. Winners of these elections serve the remainder of the term and are usually candidates in the next election for their districts.

General elections are held in November of even numbered years. New Legislatures convene on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of the following year.

Special elections

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District Legislature Date Predecessor Successor Cause Ref.
23 June 14, 1858 L. C. Walker Jared Smith Demmon[a] Resigned.[1]
11 October 7, 1881 Orlando B. Kidder George Hitchcock[b]
15 October 10, 1881 H. H. B. McMaster Francis H. Milligan (D)
10 October 11, 1881 John V. Daniels Juergen Frahm (R)
39 October 21, 1935 Albert J. Samec Jr. Albert A. Faimon
7 January 6, 1943 Mitchell Perrizo Jr. Edward O. Lund
50 December 27, 1944 Walter Wellbrock Roy B. Aune[c]
28 March 14, 1947 John McNulty Edward J. Tomczyk[d]
53 March 3, 1949 Frank B. Johnson Verner F. Anderson[e]
52 February 26, 1957 Robert G. Renner Sr.[f]
30 March 27, 1965 Linn Slattengren John Wingard[g]
56 May 10, 1966 Reuben N. Nelson Arlan Ingehart Stangeland[h]
63 March 11, 1969 Jack Fena? Bernard J. Bischoff[i]
66A 66th April 8, 1969 Marvin E. Christianson Sr. Donna Jean Christianson[j] Death[2]
2B May 4, 1971 Charlie Miller Richard R. Lemke[k]
50B November 6, 1973 John E. Boland Dick Kostohryz[l]
61A November 6, 1973 Gary Flakne Franklin J. Knoll[m]
12A December 23, 1974 Melvin Miller Bruce G. Nelson (R)
21B March 15, 1977 A. O. Setzepfandt Gaylin Den Ouden (IR)
22B September 27, 1977 Harold Dahl Tony D. Onnen (IR)
35A December 10, 1977 Neil Haugerud Elton R. Redalen (IR)
67A June 19, 1979 Robert L. Pavlak Frank J. Rodriguez Sr. (DFL)
60B January 17, 1980 Stanley Enebo Donna C. Peterson (DFL)
32B July 15, 1981 Don Friedrich Donald L. Frerichs (IR)
8B November 8, 1983 Tom Berkelman Benjamin Boo (IR)
16A December 22, 1986 Ben Omann Bernie Omann (IR)
30B November 3, 1987 Jerry Schonfeld Dale L. DeRaad (IR)
65A November 3, 1987 Fred Norton Andrew J. Dawkins (DFL)
52A February 4, 1989 Gordon Voss Linda Runbeck (IR)
63B November 7, 1989 Alice Hausman (DFL)
50B February 5, 1991 Joe R. Quinn Phil Heir (IR)
32B February 12, 1991 Elton Redalen Gregory M. Davids (IR)
47A December 17, 1991 Linda Scheid Richard Krambeer (IR)
44B January 12, 1993 Gloria Segal Jim Rhodes (IR)
1B July 13, 1993 Wally Sparby Tim Finseth (IR)
40B January 11, 1994 Kathleen Blatz Kevin Knight (IR)
15A February 8, 1994 Alan Welle Tom Van Engen (IR)
33B March 7, 1995 Warren Limmer Richard Stanek (IR)
49B April 4, 1995 Joel Jacobs (DFL)[3] Eldon H. Warkentin (IR)
26A July 11, 1995 Wayne Simoneau (DFL)[4] Skip Carlson (R)
26A 79th August 1, 1995 Gene Hugoson (R) Bob Gunther (R) [1]
11B 80th November 7, 1997 Ken Otremba (DFL) Mary Ellen Otremba (DFL) Death from cancer.
17A 80th January 6, 1998 LeRoy Koppendrayer (R) Sondra Erickson (R) Resigned to become a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
23A 80th January 20, 1998 Barb Vickerman (R) James Clark (R)
51B 80th January 27, 1998 Doug Swenson (R) Ray Vanderveer (R)
7A 81st November 2, 1999 Willard Munger (DFL) Dale Swapinski (DFL) Death (liver cancer).
12B 82nd November 6, 2001 Steve Wenzel (DFL) Greg Blaine (R) Resigned to become State Director of Rural Development in the United States Department of Agriculture.
47A 82nd March 4, 2002 Darlene Luther (DFL) John Jordan (R) Death (stomach cancer).
40A 83rd February 3, 2003 Dan McElroy (R) Duke Powell (R) Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Finance.
52B 83rd February 11, 2003 Mark Holsten (R) Rebecca Otto (DFL) Resigned to become Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources.
32B 83rd February 25, 2003 Rich Stanek (R) Kurt Zellers (R) Resigned to become Sheriff of Hennepin County.
18A 83rd December 30, 2003 Tony Kielkucki (R) Scott Newman (R) Resigned following appointment to a position in the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office.[5]
15B 84th December 27, 2005 Joe Opatz (DFL) Larry Haws (DFL) Resigned to become Interim President of Central Lakes College.[6]
28B 85th August 7, 2007 Steve Swiggum (R) Steve Drazkowski (R) Resigned to become Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry.[7]
5B 87th February 15, 2011 Tony Sertich (DFL) Carly Melin (DFL) Resigned following appointment to Commissioner of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.[8]
61B 87th January 10, 2012 Jeff Hayden (DFL) Susan Allen (DFL) Resigned following election to Minnesota Senate.[9]
14A 88th February 12, 2013 Steve Gottwalt (R) Tama Theis (R) Resigned to become the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging.
19A 88th February 12, 2013 Terry Morrow (DFL) Clark Johnson (DFL) Resigned to become the legislative director for the Uniform Law Commission.
46A 89th November 3, 2015 Ryan Winkler (DFL) Peggy Flanagan (DFL) Resigned to relocate to Belgium.[10]
3A 89th December 8, 2015 David Dill (DFL) Rob Ecklund (DFL) Death (cancer).[11]
50B 89th February 9, 2016 Ann Lenczewski (DFL) Chad Anderson (R) Resigned to join Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.[12]
32B 90th February 14, 2017 Bob Barrett (R) Anne Neu (R) Ruled ineligible to be a candidate in the 2016 general election by the Minnesota Supreme Court.[13]
23B 90th February 12, 2018 Tony Cornish (R) Jeremy Munson (R) Resigned due to allegations of sexual harassment.[14]
11B 91st March 19, 2019 Jason Rarick (R) Nathan Nelson (R) Resigned after winning a special election to the Minnesota Senate.[15]
60A 91st February 4, 2020 Diane Loeffler (DFL) Sydney Jordan (DFL) Death (cancer).[16]
30A 91st February 4, 2020 Nick Zerwas (R) Paul Novotny (R) Resigned to spend more time with his family and to seek employment outside of the Legislature.[17]
52B 93rd December 5, 2023 Ruth Richardson (DFL) Bianca Virnig (DFL) Resigned to focus on role at Planned Parenthood.[18]
27B 93rd March 19, 2024 Kurt Daudt (R) Bryan Lawrence (R) Resigned.[19][20]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Demmon's party affiliation is not known.[1]
  2. ^ Hitchcock's party affiliation is not known.[1]
  3. ^ Aune was a member of the Conservative Caucus.[1]
  4. ^ Tomczyk was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]
  5. ^ Anderson was a member of the Conservative Caucus.[1]
  6. ^ Renner was a member of the Conservative Caucus.[1]
  7. ^ Wingard was a member of the Conservative Caucus.[1]
  8. ^ Stangeland was a member of the Conservative Caucus.[1]
  9. ^ Bischoff was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]
  10. ^ Christianson was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]
  11. ^ Lemke was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]
  12. ^ Kostohryz was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]
  13. ^ Knoll was a member of the Liberal Caucus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Special elections for the Minnesota Legislature". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Voters in District 66A". The Minneapolis Star. April 8, 1969. p. 1Y. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jacobs, Joel". Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Simoneau, Wayne A." Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "Newman, Scott J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  6. ^ "Opatz, Joseph Paul "Joe" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  7. ^ "HHH : University of Minnesota - Home Page". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  8. ^ "Mr Sertich appointed as commissioner of Iron Range Resources Board".
  9. ^ https://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2011/07/25/30305/state_rep_jeff_hayden_to_run_for_berglins_senate_seat. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ Lopez, Ricardo (May 21, 2015). "Minnesota Rep. Ryan Winkler will resign seat as family relocates to Belgium". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  11. ^ Walsh, Paul (August 9, 2015). "NE Minnesota Rep. David Dill, championed outdoors, dies from cancer". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  12. ^ Bakst, Brian (November 16, 2015). "Prominent Democratic state Rep. Lenczewski to resign House seat, take job in lobbying firm". Star Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  13. ^ Montgomery, David (September 8, 2016). "Lawmaker doesn't live in district, MN Supreme Court rules; ballot won't count". Pioneer Press. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  14. ^ Coolican, J. Patrick (November 21, 2017). "Minnesota state Rep. Tony Cornish to resign after harassment claims". Star Tribune. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  15. ^ Erickson, Andee; Whitefoot, Adelle (February 5, 2019). "Jason Rarick wins Minnesota Senate District 11 special election". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  16. ^ Miller, Pamela (November 17, 2019). "Minnesota DFL Rep. Diane Loeffler dies of cancer at 66". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  17. ^ Van Berkel, Jessie (November 25, 2019). "4-term Minnesota Rep. Nick Zerwas, battling heart condition, to resign". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  18. ^ Griffith, Michelle (2023-12-06). "Democrat Bianca Virnig wins special election for Minnesota House seat". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  19. ^ Mohr, Jonathan (2024-01-10). "Former House speaker Daudt announces resignation". Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  20. ^ Mohr, Jonathan (2024-03-20). "Republican candidate easily wins District 27B special election". Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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