2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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.

Primary results by districtDistrictPartyCandidatesVotes%1ARepublicanJohn Burkel3,16790.85David Lion1935.54Brian Meehan1263.61DFLConnie Lindstrom1,821100.004ARepublicanEdwin Hahn848100.00DFLHeather Keeler1,88866.32Chuck Hendrickson95933.6815BRepublicanShane Mekeland1,86771.89John Ulrick73028.11DFLRon Thiessen1,024100.0016BRepublicanPaul Torkelson2,62178.83Tammy Houle70421.17DFLMindy Kimmel1,953100.0017AEd Engelmann50100.00RepublicanTim Miller2,672100.00DFLBen Dolan1,59380.17Robert Wright39419.8323ARepublicanBjorn Olson2,48457.34Michael Sukalski1,84842.66DFLPat Bacon1,409100.00BRepublicanJeremy Munson3,04579.40Yvonne Simon79020.60DFLLeroy McClelland1,781100.0027ARepublicanPeggy Bennett2,018100.00DFLThomas Martinez1,70570.45Joe Pacovsky71529.5531ARepublicanKurt Daudt1,94086.45Beau Hullermann30413.55DFLBrad Brown1,277100.0032BRepublicanAnne Neu1,55980.94Joelle Walmsley36719.06DFLKatie Malchow1,926100.0033BRepublicanAndrew Myers2,22270.47Marianne Stebbins93129.53DFLKelly Morrison4,778100.0038ARepublicanDonald Raleigh1,50855.79Doug Malsom78829.15Kelly Gunderson40715.06DFLKris Fredrick2,808100.0039ARepublicanBob Dettmer1,573100.00DFLAnn Mozey3,26091.21Chuck Fitzer3148.7945ARepublicanJesse Pfliger1,181100.00DFLCedrick Frazier3,69768.77Daonna Depoister1,67931.2351ARepublicanPatrick Zurick1,180100.00DFLSandra Masin3,14581.73Justin Clark70318.27BRepublicanFern Smith1,134100.00DFLLiz Reyer3,17363.54Mike Maguire1,82136.4655ARyan Martin40100.00RepublicanErik Mortensen1,67355.00Bob Loonan1,36945.00DFLBrad Tabke2,056100.0056ARepublicanPam Myhra1,62291.95Basil Martin1428.05DFLJess Hanson3,149100.0059BRepublicanAlan Shilepsky402100.00DFLEsther Agbaje4,44348.24Raymond Dehn3,83641.65Isaiah Whitmore93210.1263ADavid Wiester87100.00RepublicanPenny Arcos475100.00DFLJim Davnie11,56379.61April Kane2,96120.39BDennis Schuller73100.00RepublicanFrank Pafko775100.00DFLEmma Greenman7,38063.98Jerome Evans3,03226.29Husniyah Dent Bradley1,1239.7466BRepublicanMikki Murray470100.00DFLAthena Hollins2,97460.73John Lesch1,92339.2767ARepublicanJohn Stromenger416100.00DFLJohn Thompson1,60359.33Hoang Murphy1,09940.67Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020

Results

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats%+/−+/−%Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party1331,601,35751.06−3.3470−552.24Republican Party of Minnesota1301,510,92848.17 +3.0964 +547.76Legal Marijuana Now Party58,7800.28 +0.28000.00Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party14,0540.13 +0.13000.00Veterans Party of Minnesota33,4550.11 +0.11000.00Green Party of Minnesota11,8040.06 +0.06000.00Write-inN/A6,1360.20 +0.04000.00Total3,136,514100.00±0.00134±0100.00Invalid/blank votes157,2664.77 +2.55Turnout (out of 4,118,462 eligible voters)3,293,78079.98 +15.73Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Star Tribune

Seats changing parties

+PartyIncumbentDistrictFirstelectedWinnerPartyDFLJohn Persell5A2008Matt BlissRepublicanJeff Brand19A2018Susan AklandRepublicanJeanne Poppe27B2004Patricia MuellerRepublicanAnne Claflin54A2018Keith FrankeRepublicanBrad Tabke55A2018Erik MortensenRepublican

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