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.
Retiring members
DFL
- Ben Lien, 4A
- Jack Considine, 19B
- Duane Sauke, 25B
- Lyndon Carlson, 45A
- Laurie Halverson, 51B
- Hunter Cantrell, 56A
- Alice Mann, 56B
- Jean Wagenius, 63B
- Tim Mahoney, 67A
Republican
- Dan Fabian, 1A
- Sandy Layman, 5B
- Bud Nornes, 8A
- Bob Vogel, 20A
- Bob Gunther, 23A
- 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.
Predictions
Results
Seats changing parties
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 3
- Seat A, 4.92%
- District 4
- Seat B, 5.51%
- District 5
- Seat A, 6.91% (gain)
- District 6
- Seat A, 0.19%
- Seat B, 9.21%
- District 11
- Seat A, 2.93%
- District 14
- Seat A, 8.1%
- District 19
- Seat A, 0.48% (gain)
- District 20
- Seat B, 5.09%
- District 26
- Seat B, 1.26%
- District 27
- Seat B, 3.18% (gain)
- District 33
- Seat B, 1.11%
- District 34
- Seat B, 7.36%
- District 36
- Seat B, 2.89%
- District 37
- Seat B, 4.92%
- District 38
- Seat A, 7.3%
- Seat B, 0.36%
- District 39
- Seat B, 0.85%
- District 47
- Seat B, 3.21%
- District 53
- Seat B, 6.26%
- District 54
- Seat A, 2.96% (gain)
- Seat B, 7.21%
- District 55
- Seat A, 2.41% (gain)
- District 56
- Seat A, 3.33%
- Seat B, 4.88%
District results
See also
- 2020 Minnesota Senate election
- 2020 Minnesota elections
- 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- List of Minnesota state legislatures
Notes
References
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
