2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election

2018 Minnesota House of Representatives Elections
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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 January 3, 2017 January 8, 2013
Leader's seat 36B–Brooklyn Park 31A–Crown
Last election 57 seats, 49.11% 76 seats, 50.34%
Seats before 57[nb 1] 77[nb 2]
Seats won 75 59
Seat change Increase18 Decrease18
Popular vote 1,388,938 1,151,135
Percentage 54.40% 45.09%
Swing Increase5.29 pp Decrease5.25 pp
Results by district
Speaker before election

Kurt Daudt
Republican

Elected Speaker

Melissa Hortman
Democratic (DFL)

The 2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2018, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 91st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2018. The election coincided with the election for governor, a special election for the Minnesota Senate, and other elections.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, ending the Republican majority that began with the 2014 election. The new legislature convened on January 8, 2019.

Background

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The last election resulted in the Republicans winning a majority of 76 seats, increasing the majority of 72 seats it won in 2014. It was the first time that a party has retained control of the House of Representatives since the DFL in the 2008 election. In conjunction with the result of the Senate election, it also resulted in the return of all-Republican control of the Legislature since 2012—only the second time the Republicans have held control of both houses since the return of partisan elections to the House in 1974 and the Senate in 1976 and marking the end of two years of split control between a Republican-held House and a DFL-held Senate.

A special election was held for District 32B on February 14, 2017, following the invalidation of its general election results. On September 8, 2016, the Minnesota Supreme Court found Republican incumbent Bob Barrett ineligible for election because he did not reside in his district. As the ruling occurred within 80 days of the general election, Barrett's name could not be replaced on the ballot.[1] Republican Anne Neu won the special election, increasing the Republican majority to 77 seats.[2]

Electoral system

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The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to two-year terms. Contested nominations of the DFL and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates had to file a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period was from May 22 through June 5, 2018.[3]

Retiring members

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

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MinnPost and MPR News considered a total of 18 House districts competitive in 2018, based on past election results, campaign spending trends, and conversations with campaigns. MinnPost considered 15 districts competitive, 11 of which were held by the Republicans and four by the DFL. According to MinnPost, their list was not exhaustive and could have spoken to broader trends in the election.[27] MPR News also considered 15 districts competitive, 12 of which were held by the Republicans and three by the DFL.[28]

District Incumbent Party First
elected 		2016
result 		MinnPost[27]
(October 18, 2018) 		MPR News[28]
(November 1, 2018) 		Result
4B Paul Marquart DFL 2000 53.85% Yes No Hold
5B Sandy Layman Republican 2016 53.61% Yes No Hold
19A Clark Johnson[nb 3] DFL 2013[nb 4] 52.68% Yes Yes Hold
34B Dennis Smith Republican 2014 55.83% No Yes DFL gain
36A Mark Uglem[nb 3] Republican 2012 58.21% Yes Yes DFL gain
37A Erin Koegel DFL 2016 47.17% Yes Yes Hold
38B Matt Dean[nb 3] Republican 2004 56.94% Yes Yes DFL gain
42A Randy Jessup Republican 2016 50.18% Yes Yes DFL gain
44A Sarah Anderson Republican 2006 54.04% Yes Yes DFL gain
47B Joe Hoppe[nb 3] Republican 2002 62.47% Yes No Hold
49A Dario Anselmo Republican 2016 51.04% Yes Yes DFL gain
52B Regina Barr Republican 2016 50.17% Yes Yes DFL gain
53B Kelly Fenton Republican 2014 56.35% No Yes DFL gain
54A Keith Franke Republican 2016 51.43% Yes Yes DFL gain
55A Bob Loonan[nb 5] Republican 2014 55.78% Yes Yes DFL gain
56B Roz Peterson Republican 2014 52.37% Yes Yes DFL gain
57A Erin Maye Quade[nb 3] DFL 2016 52.23% Yes Yes Hold
57B Anna Wills Republican 2012 53.66% No Yes DFL gain

Primary elections results

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A primary election was held in 21 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. Eight Republican nominations and 14 DFL nominations were contested. Seven incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. Notably, District 55A Republican incumbent Bob Loonan lost his party's nomination.[29]

District Party Candidates Votes %
6B Republican Skeeter Tomczak 2,402 100.00
DFL Dave Lislegard [30] 4,243 68.20
Shaun Hainey [31] 1,978 31.80
15B Republican Shane Mekeland 2,258 100.00
DFL Karla Scapanski [32] 1,166 66.33
Jessica Filiaggi [33] 592 33.67
18A Republican Dean Urdahl 2,534 100.00
DFL Justin Vold [34] 1,065 61.60
Robert Wright [35] 664 38.40
22A Republican Joe Schomacker 3,275 100.00
DFL Maxwell Kaufman [36] 1,331 53.82
Brian Abrahamson [37] 1,142 46.18
24A Republican John Petersburg 2,111 100.00
DFL Joe Heegard [38] 1,727 78.68
Ethan Cords [39] 468 21.32
26A Republican Paul Wilson 1,624 100.00
DFL Tina Liebling [40] 3,555 89.93
Abdulkadir Abdalla[nb 6] [41] 398 10.07
31B Republican Cal Bahr [42] 1,829 56.89
Tom Hackbarth [42] 1,386 43.11
DFL Sue Larson 1,969 100.00
34A Republican Kristin Robbins [43] 2,010 59.33
Brad Ganzer [44] 1,378 40.67
DFL Dan Solon 2,444 100.00
40B Republican Robert Marvin 957 100.00
DFL Samantha Vang [45] 1,705 46.65
Cindy Yang [45] 1,587 43.42
Alexander Koenig [46] 363 9.93
41B DFL Mary Kunesh-Podein [47] 4,718 85.78
Jeffrey Wagner [47] 782 14.22
46B Republican Melissa Moore [48] 633 60.00
Bob Helland [48] 422 40.00
DFL Cheryl Youakim 5,458 100.00
47B Republican Greg Boe [49] 1,324 56.97
Vincent Beaudette [50] 1,000 43.03
DFL Donzel Leggett 2,848 100.00
53A Republican Andy Turonie [51] 970 56.86
Bill Dahn [52] 736 43.14
DFL Tou Xiong 3,429 100.00
55A Republican Erik Mortensen [53] 1,727 57.76
Bob Loonan [54] 1,263 42.24
DFL Brad Tabke 2,137 100.00
57A Republican Matt Lundin 1,948 100.00
DFL Robert Bierman [55] 1,655 45.42
Linda Garrett-Johnson [55] 1,116 30.63
Roxanne Mindeman[nb 7] [55] 507 13.91
Kyle Koch[nb 7] [55] 220 6.04
Jake Cassidy [55] 146 4.01
59A Republican Fred Statema 317 100.00
DFL Fue Lee [56] 3,620 79.53
Grace Moua [46] 932 20.47
59B Republican Lacy Johnson 418 100.00
DFL Raymond Dehn [57] 3,317 52.60
Lisa Neal-Delgado [46] 2,989 47.40
60B Republican Joseph Patiño [58] 190 67.14
Fadumo Taani [58] 93 32.86
DFL Mohamud Noor [58] 2,909 39.73
Peter Wagenius [58] 2,076 28.35
Cordelia Pierson [58] 1,287 17.58
Haaris Pasha [58] 374 5.11
Joshua Preston [58] 335 4.58
Mary Mellen [58] 257 3.51
Angelo Jaramillo [58] 84 1.15
62A Republican Bruce Lundeen 218 100.00
DFL Hodan Hassan [59] 2,207 28.41
Osman Ahmed [59] 1,607 20.68
Omar Fateh [59] 1,602 20.62
Margarita Ortega [59] 1,531 19.71
Jen Kader [59] 822 10.58
62B Republican Ronald Peterson [46] 196 67.82
Ross Tenneson [46] 93 32.18
DFL Aisha Gomez 7,075 100.00
66B Republican David Richard 519 100.00
DFL John Lesch [60] 3,287 75.15
Trahern Crews [61] 1,087 24.85
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[62]

Results

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Districts won
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % +/− No. +/− %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 134 1,388,938 54.40 +5.29 75 +18 55.97
Republican Party of Minnesota 131 1,151,135 45.09 −5.25 59 −18 44.03
Libertarian Party of Minnesota 2 1,067 0.04 −0.05 0 0 0.00
Independent 3 8,184 0.32 +0.13 0 0 0.00
Write-in N/A 3,925 0.15 −0.09 0 0 0.00
Total 2,553,249 100.00 ±0.00 134 ±0 100.00
Invalid/blank votes 58,116 2.23 −4.03
Turnout (out of 4,064,389 eligible voters)[63] 2,611,365 64.25 −10.47
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[64]
Popular vote
DFL
 
 54.40%
Republican
 
 45.09%
Other
 
 0.51%
House seats
DFL
 
 55.97%
Republican
 
 44.03%

District results

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District Incumbent Candidates
Name Party First
elected 		Name Party Votes % Winner
Party
1A Dan Fabian Republican 2010 Dan Fabian [65] Republican 11,762 71.14 Republican
Stephen Moeller [65] DFL 4,768 28.84
1B Deb Kiel Republican 2010 Deb Kiel [66] Republican 10,026 65.94 Republican
Brent Lindstrom [67] DFL 5,173 34.02
2A Matt Grossell Republican 2016 Matt Grossell [68] Republican 10,066 59.78 Republican
Michael Northbird [69] DFL 6,765 40.18
2B Steve Green Republican 2012 Steve Green [70] Republican 10,443 61.05 Republican
Karen Branden [71] DFL 6,655 38.90
3A Rob Ecklund DFL 2015[nb 4] Rob Ecklund [72] DFL 11,783 59.42 DFL
Randy Goutermont [72] Republican 8,022 40.45
3B Mary Murphy DFL 1976 Mary Murphy [73] DFL 12,282 60.03 DFL
Keith MacDonald [46] Republican 8,162 39.89
4A Ben Lien DFL 2012 Ben Lien [46] DFL 10,335 65.45 DFL
Jordan Idso [46] Republican 5,449 34.51
4B Paul Marquart DFL 2000 Paul Marquart [74] DFL 10,461 58.93 DFL
Jason Peterson [75] Republican 7,285 41.04
5A Matt Bliss Republican 2016 John Persell [76] DFL 8,454 50.01 DFL
Matt Bliss [77] Republican 8,443 49.95
5B Sandy Layman Republican 2016 Sandy Layman [78] Republican 10,108 51.98 Republican
Pat Medure [79] DFL 9,305 47.85
6A Julie Sandstede DFL 2016 Julie Sandstede [80] DFL 11,055 62.02 DFL
Guy Anderson [80] Republican 6,746 37.85
6B Jason Metsa[nb 3] DFL 2012 Dave Lislegard [81] DFL 12,075 61.97 DFL
Skeeter Tomczak [72] Republican 7,379 37.87
7A Jennifer Schultz DFL 2014 Jennifer Schultz [73] DFL 15,300 73.67 DFL
Dana Krivogorsky [46] Republican 5,439 26.19
7B Liz Olson DFL 2016 Liz Olson [73] DFL 12,739 71.84 DFL
Caroline Burley [46] Republican 4,965 28.00
8A Bud Nornes Republican 1996 Bud Nornes [82] Republican 11,331 59.77 Republican
Brittney Johnson [83] DFL 7,625 40.22
8B Mary Franson Republican 2010 Mary Franson [84] Republican 11,831 62.04 Republican
Gail Kulp [85] DFL 7,231 37.92
9A John Poston Republican 2016 John Poston [86] Republican 11,376 69.34 Republican
Alex Hering [87] DFL 5,021 30.60
9B Ron Kresha Republican 2012 Ron Kresha [88] Republican 11,802 72.16 Republican
Stephen Browning [89] DFL 4,548 27.81
10A Josh Heintzeman Republican 2014 Josh Heintzeman [90] Republican 11,907 62.23 Republican
Dale Menk [91] DFL 7,211 37.69
10B Dale Lueck Republican 2014 Dale Lueck [92] Republican 13,131 65.59 Republican
Phil Yetzer [93] DFL 6,876 34.35
11A Mike Sundin DFL 2012 Mike Sundin [94] DFL 10,532 58.30 DFL
Jeff Dotseth [94] Republican 7,518 41.62
11B Jason Rarick Republican 2014 Jason Rarick [46] Republican 9,147 59.68 Republican
Tim Burkhardt [95] DFL 6,166 40.23
12A Jeff Backer Republican 2014 Jeff Backer [96] Republican 11,382 62.02 Republican
Murray Smart [97] DFL 6,959 37.92
12B Paul Anderson Republican 2008 Paul Anderson [98] Republican 12,219 71.33 Republican
Ben Schirmers [99] DFL 4,894 28.57
13A Jeff Howe[nb 3] Republican 2012 Lisa Demuth [100] Republican 11,348 61.01 Republican
Jim Read [101] DFL 7,243 38.94
13B Tim O'Driscoll Republican 2010 Tim O'Driscoll [102] Republican 12,146 64.32 Republican
Heidi Everett [103] DFL 6,731 35.65
14A Tama Theis Republican 2013[nb 4] Tama Theis [104] Republican 9,079 52.09 Republican
Aric Putnam [105] DFL 8,348 47.89
14B Jim Knoblach Republican 1994[nb 8] Dan Wolgamott [106] DFL 7,950 58.07 DFL
Jim Knoblach[nb 9] [108] Republican 5,705 41.67
15A Sondra Erickson Republican 1998[nb 10] Sondra Erickson [109] Republican 10,495 64.28 Republican
Emy Minzel [110] DFL 5,808 35.58
15B Jim Newberger[nb 3] Republican 2012 Shane Mekeland [111] Republican 10,699 59.41 Republican
Karla Scapanski [111] DFL 6,161 34.21
Myron Wilson [112] Independent 1,137 6.31
16A Chris Swedzinski Republican 2010 Chris Swedzinski [113] Republican 10,854 67.56 Republican
Tom Wyatt-Yerka [114] DFL 5,198 32.36
16B Paul Torkelson Republican 2008 Paul Torkelson [115] Republican 10,772 63.20 Republican
Mindy Kimmel [116] DFL 6,268 36.77
17A Tim Miller Republican 2014 Tim Miller [117] Republican 10,069 60.21 Republican
Lyle Koenen [118] DFL 6,645 39.73
17B Dave Baker Republican 2014 Dave Baker [119] Republican 11,908 69.11 Republican
Anita Flowe [120] DFL 5,311 30.82
18A Dean Urdahl Republican 2002 Dean Urdahl [35] Republican 11,884 69.19 Republican
Justin Vold [121] DFL 4,269 24.85
Kyle Greene [122] Independent 650 3.78
Jill Galvan [123] Libertarian 363 2.11
18B Glenn Gruenhagen Republican 2010 Glenn Gruenhagen [124] Republican 10,843 66.66 Republican
Ashley Latzke [124] DFL 5,403 33.22
19A Clark Johnson[nb 3] DFL 2013[nb 4] Jeff Brand [125] DFL 10,274 54.34 DFL
Kim Spears [126] Republican 8,603 45.50
19B Jack Considine DFL 2014 Jack Considine [127] DFL 10,392 63.40 DFL
Joe Steck [128] Republican 5,978 36.47
20A Bob Vogel Republican 2014 Bob Vogel [129] Republican 11,982 63.55 Republican
Barbara Dröher Kline [129] DFL 6,858 36.37
20B David Bly[nb 3] DFL 2006[nb 11] Todd Lippert [130] DFL 10,925 55.32 DFL
Josh Gare [131] Republican 8,819 44.66
21A Barb Haley Republican 2016 Barb Haley [132] Republican 11,068 56.91 Republican
Lori Ann Clark [133] DFL 8,372 43.05
21B Steve Drazkowski Republican 2007[nb 4] Steve Drazkowski [134] Republican 11,511 63.43 Republican
Jonathan Isenor [135] DFL 6,619 36.47
22A Joe Schomacker Republican 2010 Joe Schomacker [136] Republican 10,811 66.73 Republican
Maxwell Kaufman [136] DFL 5,377 33.19
22B Rod Hamilton Republican 2004 Rod Hamilton [137] Republican 9,756 66.87 Republican
Cheniqua Johnson [138] DFL 4,819 33.03
23A Bob Gunther Republican 1995[nb 4] Bob Gunther [139] Republican 10,497 61.26 Republican
Heather Klassen [140] DFL 6,633 38.71
23B Jeremy Munson Republican 2018[nb 4] Jeremy Munson [141] Republican 10,290 60.05 Republican
Jim Grabowska [141] DFL 6,827 39.84
24A John Petersburg Republican 2012 John Petersburg [142] Republican 10,197 60.60 Republican
Joe Heegard [38] DFL 6,616 39.32
24B Brian Daniels Republican 2014 Brian Daniels [143] Republican 8,972 59.56 Republican
Yvette Marthaler [144] DFL 6,076 40.34
25A Duane Quam Republican 2010 Duane Quam [145] Republican 10,376 53.62 Republican
Jamie Mahlberg [146] DFL 8,957 46.29
25B Duane Sauke DFL 2016 Duane Sauke [147] DFL 11,260 60.10 DFL
Kenneth Bush [148] Republican 7,452 39.78
26A Tina Liebling DFL 2004 Tina Liebling [149] DFL 10,429 63.21 DFL
Paul Wilson [150] Republican 6,047 36.65
26B Nels Pierson Republican 2014 Nels Pierson [149] Republican 11,784 53.69 Republican
Tyrel Clark [151] DFL 10,144 46.21
27A Peggy Bennett Republican 2014 Peggy Bennett [152] Republican 9,957 56.52 Republican
Terry Gjersvik [153] DFL 7,651 43.43
27B Jeanne Poppe DFL 2004 Jeanne Poppe [154] DFL 8,523 57.38 DFL
Christine Green [155] Republican 6,319 42.54
28A Gene Pelowski DFL 1986 Gene Pelowski [156] DFL 12,587 96.61 DFL
28B Greg Davids Republican 1991[nb 12] Greg Davids [157] Republican 10,351 55.44 Republican
Thomas Trehus [158] DFL 8,308 44.49
29A Joe McDonald Republican 2010 Joe McDonald [159] Republican 13,114 67.86 Republican
Renée Cardarelle [159] DFL 6,193 32.05
29B Marion O'Neill Republican 2012 Marion O'Neill [160] Republican 10,531 62.02 Republican
Sharon McGinty [161] DFL 6,434 37.89
30A Nick Zerwas Republican 2012 Nick Zerwas [162] Republican 11,474 64.31 Republican
Sarah Hamlin [162] DFL 6,357 35.63
30B Eric Lucero Republican 2014 Eric Lucero [163] Republican 11,962 63.15 Republican
Margaret Fernandez [163] DFL 6,970 36.79
31A Kurt Daudt Republican 2010 Kurt Daudt [164] Republican 12,326 69.08 Republican
Brad Brown [164] DFL 5,501 30.83
31B Cal Bahr Republican 2016 Cal Bahr [42] Republican 12,840 64.40 Republican
Sue Larson [165] DFL 7,080 35.51
32A Brian Johnson Republican 2012 Brian Johnson [166] Republican 11,351 63.47 Republican
Renae Berg [167] DFL 6,522 36.47
32B Anne Neu Republican 2017[nb 4] Anne Neu [42] Republican 11,031 58.00 Republican
Jeff Peterson [168] DFL 7,971 41.91
33A Jerry Hertaus Republican 2012 Jerry Hertaus [169] Republican 14,394 58.99 Republican
Norrie Thomas [170] DFL 9,979 40.90
33B Cindy Pugh Republican 2012 Kelly Morrison [171] DFL 11,786 50.43 DFL
Cindy Pugh [171] Republican 11,570 49.50
34A Vacant[nb 13] Kristin Robbins [172] Republican 12,486 56.49 Republican
Dan Solon [172] DFL 9,601 43.44
34B Dennis Smith Republican 2014 Kristin Bahner [173] DFL 12,194 52.79 DFL
Dennis Smith [173] Republican 10,873 47.07
35A Abigail Whelan[nb 3] Republican 2014 John Heinrich [174] Republican 9,764 54.45 Republican
Bill Vikander [174] DFL 8,145 45.42
35B Peggy Scott Republican 2008 Peggy Scott [175] Republican 11,438 56.53 Republican
Kathryn Eckhardt [175] DFL 8,771 43.35
36A Mark Uglem[nb 3] Republican 2012 Zack Stephenson [176] DFL 9,759 52.27 DFL
Bill Maresh [9] Republican 8,878 47.55
36B Melissa Hortman DFL 2004 Melissa Hortman [177] DFL 12,514 63.05 DFL
Jermain Botsio [178] Republican 7,302 36.79
37A Erin Koegel DFL 2016 Erin Koegel [179] DFL 9,816 56.01 DFL
Anthony Wilder [179] Republican 7,676 43.80
37B Nolan West Republican 2016 Nolan West [180] Republican 10,254 50.22 Republican
Amir Malik [180] DFL 10,101 49.47
38A Linda Runbeck Republican 1989[nb 14] Linda Runbeck [181] Republican 11,371 55.13 Republican
Kevin Fogarty [181] DFL 9,229 44.75
38B Matt Dean[nb 3] Republican 2004 Ami Wazlawik [182] DFL 11,573 50.81 DFL
Pat Anderson [182] Republican 11,187 49.11
39A Bob Dettmer Republican 2006 Bob Dettmer [183] Republican 12,366 55.52 Republican
Ann Mozey [184] DFL 9,881 44.36
39B Kathy Lohmer Republican 2010 Shelly Christensen [185] DFL 11,372 50.25 DFL
Kathy Lohmer [185] Republican 11,235 49.65
40A Mike Nelson DFL 2002 Mike Nelson [186] DFL 9,387 73.12 DFL
David True [186] Republican 3,411 26.57
40B Debra Hilstrom[nb 3] DFL 2000 Samantha Vang [187] DFL 10,512 72.76 DFL
Robert Marvin [187] Republican 3,903 27.02
41A Connie Bernardy DFL 2000[nb 15] Connie Bernardy [188] DFL 11,967 64.82 DFL
Susan Erickson [188] Republican 6,453 34.95
41B Mary Kunesh-Podein DFL 2016 Mary Kunesh-Podein [189] DFL 12,408 65.77 DFL
Tim Utz [190] Independent 6,397 33.91
42A Randy Jessup Republican 2016 Kelly Moller [191] DFL 12,289 57.52 DFL
Randy Jessup [192] Republican 9,055 42.38
42B Jamie Becker-Finn DFL 2016 Jamie Becker-Finn [193] DFL 13,042 60.35 DFL
Yele-Mis Yang [193] Republican 8,543 39.53
43A Peter Fischer DFL 2012 Peter Fischer [194] DFL 12,253 61.36 DFL
Bob Cardinal [194] Republican 7,691 38.52
43B Leon Lillie DFL 2004 Leon Lillie [195] DFL 11,253 62.31 DFL
Rachael Bucholz [195] Republican 6,788 37.59
44A Sarah Anderson Republican 2006 Ginny Klevorn [196] DFL 12,995 53.85 DFL
Sarah Anderson [196] Republican 11,119 46.08
44B Jon Applebaum[nb 3] DFL 2014 Patty Acomb [197] DFL 15,082 62.74 DFL
Gary Porter [198] Republican 8,935 37.17
45A Lyndon Carlson DFL 1972 Lyndon Carlson [199] DFL 12,347 65.35 DFL
Reid Johnson [199] Republican 6,520 34.51
45B Mike Freiberg DFL 2012 Mike Freiberg [200] DFL 15,727 72.44 DFL
Steve Merriman [200] Republican 5,954 27.42
46A Peggy Flanagan[nb 3] DFL 2015[nb 4] Ryan Winkler [201] DFL 16,692 72.50 DFL
Luke McCusker [201] Republican 6,297 27.35
46B Cheryl Youakim DFL 2014 Cheryl Youakim [202] DFL 16,400 75.48 DFL
Melissa Moore [202] Republican 5,297 24.38
47A Jim Nash Republican 2014 Jim Nash [203] Republican 14,106 64.70 Republican
Madalynn Gerold [204] DFL 7,680 35.23
47B Joe Hoppe[nb 3] Republican 2002 Greg Boe [205] Republican 10,853 50.24 Republican
Donzel Leggett [206] DFL 10,736 49.70
48A Laurie Pryor DFL 2016 Laurie Pryor [207] DFL 13,980 59.39 DFL
Ellen Cousins [208] Republican 9,531 40.49
48B Jenifer Loon Republican 2008 Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn [209] DFL 10,397 50.53 DFL
Jenifer Loon [210] Republican 10,156 49.36
49A Dario Anselmo Republican 2016 Heather Edelson [211] DFL 14,725 58.13 DFL
Dario Anselmo [212] Republican 10,584 41.78
49B Vacant[nb 16] Steve Elkins [213] DFL 15,264 61.69 DFL
Matt Sikich [214] Republican 9,446 38.17
50A Linda Slocum[nb 3] DFL 2006 Michael Howard [215] DFL 12,359 68.24 DFL
Kirsten Johnson [216] Republican 5,730 31.64
50B Andrew Carlson DFL 2016 Andrew Carlson [216] DFL 12,745 60.83 DFL
Chad Anderson [216] Republican 8,180 39.04
51A Sandra Masin DFL 2006[nb 11] Sandra Masin [217] DFL 11,875 61.43 DFL
Jim Kiner [217] Republican 7,446 38.52
51B Laurie Halverson DFL 2012 Laurie Halverson [218] DFL 13,879 62.18 DFL
Doug Willetts [218] Republican 8,424 37.74
52A Rick Hansen DFL 2004 Rick Hansen [219] DFL 13,549 65.84 DFL
Beth Arntson [219] Republican 6,998 34.01
52B Regina Barr Republican 2016 Ruth Richardson [220] DFL 11,004 53.74 DFL
Regina Barr [220] Republican 9,437 46.08
53A JoAnn Ward[nb 3] DFL 2012 Tou Xiong [221] DFL 11,526 61.18 DFL
Andy Turonie [222] Republican 7,293 38.71
53B Kelly Fenton Republican 2014 Steve Sandell [223] DFL 12,261 52.29 DFL
Kelly Fenton [224] Republican 11,169 47.63
54A Keith Franke Republican 2016 Anne Claflin [225] DFL 9,300 50.98 DFL
Keith Franke [226] Republican 8,924 48.92
54B Tony Jurgens Republican 2016 Tony Jurgens [227] Republican 9,947 51.03 Republican
Tina Folch [228] DFL 9,525 48.86
55A Bob Loonan Republican 2014 Brad Tabke [229] DFL 8,984 51.53 DFL
Erik Mortensen [230] Republican 8,382 48.07
55B Tony Albright Republican 2012 Tony Albright [53] Republican 12,968 61.16 Republican
Matt Christensen [46] DFL 8,215 38.74
56A Drew Christensen Republican 2014 Hunter Cantrell [231] DFL 10,813 52.74 DFL
Drew Christensen [232] Republican 9,662 47.13
56B Roz Peterson Republican 2014 Alice Mann [233] DFL 10,035 52.64 DFL
Roz Peterson [234] Republican 9,013 47.28
57A Erin Maye Quade[nb 3] DFL 2016 Robert Bierman [235] DFL 12,006 54.53 DFL
Matt Lundin [235] Republican 9,296 42.22
Matt Swenson [236] Libertarian 704 3.20
57B Anna Wills Republican 2012 John Huot [237] DFL 11,209 51.92 DFL
Anna Wills [237] Republican 10,373 48.04
58A Jon Koznick Republican 2014 Jon Koznick [238] Republican 11,769 55.68 Republican
Maggie Williams [238] DFL 9,354 44.25
58B Pat Garofalo Republican 2004 Pat Garofalo [239] Republican 11,549 58.84 Republican
Marla Vagts [239] DFL 8,060 41.06
59A Fue Lee DFL 2016 Fue Lee [240] DFL 12,046 86.04 DFL
Fred Statema [46] Republican 1,916 13.69
59B Raymond Dehn DFL 2012 Raymond Dehn [241] DFL 15,826 82.29 DFL
Lacy Johnson [241] Republican 3,357 17.46
60A Diane Loeffler DFL 2004 Diane Loeffler [242] DFL 19,026 86.45 DFL
Kelly Winsor [46] Republican 2,922 13.28
60B Ilhan Omar[nb 3] DFL 2016 Mohamud Noor [58] DFL 16,440 86.26 DFL
Joseph Patiño [58] Republican 2,552 13.39
61A Frank Hornstein DFL 2002 Frank Hornstein [243] DFL 23,736 86.05 DFL
Jeremy Hansen [46] Republican 3,814 13.83
61B Vacant[nb 17] Jamie Long [244] DFL 21,289 85.73 DFL
Scot Missling [46] Republican 3,487 14.04
62A Karen Clark[nb 3] DFL 1980 Hodan Hassan [244] DFL 13,107 90.39 DFL
Bruce Lundeen [244] Republican 1,281 8.83
62B Susan Allen[nb 3] DFL 2012[nb 4] Aisha Gomez [244] DFL 17,928 92.07 DFL
Ronald Peterson [244] Republican 1,502 7.71
63A Jim Davnie DFL 2000 Jim Davnie [245] DFL 21,278 88.84 DFL
Kyle Bragg [46] Republican 2,631 10.98
63B Jean Wagenius DFL 1986 Jean Wagenius [246] DFL 18,403 80.83 DFL
Frank Pafko [246] Republican 4,307 18.92
64A Erin Murphy[nb 3] DFL 2006 Kaohly Her [247] DFL 18,995 84.14 DFL
Patrick Griffin [247] Republican 3,532 15.64
64B Dave Pinto DFL 2014 Dave Pinto [248] DFL 19,447 80.07 DFL
Alex Pouliot [248] Republican 4,812 19.81
65A Rena Moran DFL 2010 Rena Moran [249] DFL 12,785 86.76 DFL
Monique Giordana [46] Republican 1,913 12.98
65B Carlos Mariani DFL 1990 Carlos Mariani [250] DFL 14,540 81.37 DFL
Margaret Mary Stokely [46] Republican 3,275 18.33
66A Alice Hausman DFL 1989[nb 4] Alice Hausman [251] DFL 16,035 73.88 DFL
Jon Heyer [251] Republican 5,644 26.01
66B John Lesch DFL 2002 John Lesch [252] DFL 11,486 83.46 DFL
David Richard [61] Republican 2,227 16.18
67A Tim Mahoney DFL 1998 Tim Mahoney [252] DFL 9,557 96.41 DFL
67B Sheldon Johnson[nb 3] DFL 2000 Jay Xiong [252] DFL 10,235 78.10 DFL
Fred Turk [253] Republican 2,827 21.57
Withdrawn candidates
District Name Party Note
2A Soren Sorensen [254] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[255]
2B Darren Leno [256] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[257]
5A Reed Olson [258] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[259]
8A Nate Gramley [260] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[261]
13A Jeff Howe [262] Republican Withdrew to seek election to the Minnesota Senate in the District 13 special election.[6]
13B Benjamin Carollo [262] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[263]
15B Lucas Knese [262] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[264]
Mark Olson [265] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[264]
John Ulrick [266] Republican Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[267]
19A Nick Pemberton [268] DFL Did not file an affidavit of candidacy.[46]
25B Walter Smith [269] Republican Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[270]
27A Thomas Martinez [271] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[272]
Colin Minehart [273] DFL Withdrew to focus on his business.[272]
28B Jordan Fontenello [274] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[275]
29A Janice Holter Kittok [276] DFL Did not file an affidavit of candidacy.[46]
34A Joyce Peppin [277] Republican Withdrew to join the Minnesota Rural Electric Association as director of government affairs and general counsel.[8]
35A Mandy Benz [278] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[279]
Andre Champagne [280] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[279]
John LeTourneau [281] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[279]
Jill Novitzke [282] Republican Lost party's endorsement.[279]
Donavon Balaski [283] DFL Website and social media no longer active.
Andy Hillebregt [284] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[285]
37A Brian McCormick [286] Libertarian Did not submit a nominating petition.[287]
37B Brandon Taitt [288] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[289]
38B Lori Ahlness [290] Republican Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[291]
Ken Swecker [290] Republican Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[292]
39B Paula O'Loughlin [293] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[294]
40B Debra Hilstrom [295] DFL Withdrew to seek election to be attorney general.[15]
42A Burt Johnson [296] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[297]
Liz Voltz [298] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[299]
46A Brittany Edwards [300] DFL Withdrew after conceding party's endorsement.[301]
Brian Shekleton [302] DFL Withdrew following Ryan Winkler's announcement that he would seek election.[303]
47A David Snyder [304] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[305]
47B Joe Hoppe [306] Republican Withdrew to resume full-time employment.[5]
49A Cheryl Barry [307] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[308]
Carolyn Jackson [309] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[310]
49B Paul Rosenthal [311] DFL Withdrew to become the director of external affairs for Western Governors University.[21]
51A Ryan Fagan [312] DFL Withdrew and endorsed Sandra Masin.[313]
52B Geoff Dittberner [314] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[315]
53A Greta Bjerkness [51] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[316]
Lila Eltawely [317] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[318]
55A Mary Hernandez [319] DFL Withdrew for personal reasons.[320]
56A Renita Fisher [321] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[322]
56B Lindsey Port DFL Withdrew due to loss of popular support.[323]
57A Erin Maye Quade [324] DFL Withdrew to seek election to be lieutenant governor as Erin Murphy's running mate.[18]
60A Anthony Hernandez [325] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[326]
60B Ilhan Omar [327] DFL Withdrew to seek election to be Minnesota's 5th congressional district representative.[15]
61B Sara Freeman [328] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[329]
Tim Laughinghouse [328] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[330]
Meggie Wittorf [328] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[331]
62A Farhio Khalif [59] DFL Did not file an affidavit of candidacy.[46]
Guhaad Said [332] DFL Website and social media no longer active.
62B Korina Barry [333] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[334]
Rebecca Gagnon [333] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[335]
Bonita Jones [333] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[336]
Ben Schweigert [333] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[337]
63B Emily Antin [338] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[339]
Husniyah Dent Bradley [340] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[341]
Leili Fatehi [342] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[341]
Brenda Johnson [343] DFL Did not file an affidavit of candidacy.[46]
Philip Sturm [344] Independent Did not submit a nominating petition.[46]
64A Kayla Farhang DFL Withdrew for personal reasons.[345]
Amanda Karls [346] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[347]
Meg Luger-Nikolai [348] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[347]
64B Troy Sjerven [349] Libertarian Did not submit a nominating petition.[287]
66B Alissa Harrington [350] DFL Withdrew after conceding party's endorsement.[351]
67B John Slade [352] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[351]
Grant Stevensen [352] DFL Withdrew after losing party's endorsement.[351]
Shoua Yang [352] DFL Lost party's endorsement.[351]

Seats changing parties

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Seat gains and holds by party.
Party Incumbent District First
elected 		Winner Party
Republican Matt Bliss 5A 2016 John Persell DFL
Jim Knoblach[nb 9] 14B 1994[nb 8] Dan Wolgamott DFL
Cindy Pugh 33B 2012 Kelly Morrison DFL
Dennis Smith 34B 2014 Kristin Bahner DFL
Mark Uglem[nb 3] 36A 2012 Zack Stephenson DFL
Matt Dean[nb 3] 38B 2004 Ami Wazlawik DFL
Kathy Lohmer 39B 2010 Shelly Christensen DFL
Randy Jessup 42A 2016 Kelly Moller DFL
Sarah Anderson 44A 2006 Ginny Klevorn DFL
Jenifer Loon 48B 2008 Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn DFL
Dario Anselmo 49A 2016 Heather Edelson DFL
Regina Barr 52B 2016 Ruth Richardson DFL
Kelly Fenton 53B 2014 Steve Sandell DFL
Keith Franke 54A 2016 Anne Claflin DFL
Bob Loonan[nb 5] 55A 2014 Brad Tabke DFL
Drew Christensen 56A 2014 Hunter Cantrell DFL
Roz Peterson 56B 2014 Alice Mann DFL
Anna Wills 57B 2012 John Huot DFL

Aftermath

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On November 8, 2018, the newly elected House DFL caucus met to elect the leadership of the new House. House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman was elected speaker-designate unopposed. Ryan Winkler was elected majority leader and Liz Olson majority whip.[353][354][355] The next day, the newly elected House Republican caucus met and elected outgoing Speaker Kurt Daudt minority leader, a position he held from 2013 to 2015.[356]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Including 2 vacant seats previously held by the DFL.
  2. ^ Including 1 vacant seat previously held by the Republicans.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Retired; did not seek re-election.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Elected in a special election.
  5. ^ a b Lost primary election for party's nomination.
  6. ^ Suspended campaign on June 22, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Suspended campaign on July 31, 2018, and endorsed Robert Bierman
  8. ^ a b Did not seek re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2014.
  9. ^ a b Suspended campaign on September 21, 2018, following allegations of inappropriate behavior.[107]
  10. ^ Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2008. Elected again in 2010.
  11. ^ a b Lost re-election in 2010. Elected again in 2012.
  12. ^ Elected in a special election. Lost re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2008.
  13. ^ Republican Joyce Peppin resigned effective on July 2, 2018, to join the Minnesota Rural Electric Association as director of government affairs and general counsel.[8]
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Did not seek re-election in 2006. Elected again in 2012.
  16. ^ DFL incumbent Paul Rosenthal resigned effective on September 5, 2018, to become the director of external affairs for Western Governors University.[22]
  17. ^ DFL incumbent Paul Thissen resigned effective on April 20, 2018, to become a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.[25]

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