Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2006

Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2006

November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   RPM Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher Steve Sviggum Party DFL Republican Leader's seat 60A–Minneapolis 28B–Kenyon Last election 66 seats, 51.20% 68 seats, 46.79% Seats before 66 68* Seats won 85 49 Seat change 19 19 Popular vote 1,169,298 947,138 Percentage 54.86% 44.44% Swing 3.66 pp 2.35 pp

*Includes vacant seat previously held by the Republicans.

Speaker before election Steve Sviggum Republican Elected Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher DFL

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The 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives elections were held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2006 to elect the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives for two-year terms to serve in the 85th Minnesota Legislature.

The social liberal Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the conservative Republican Party of Minnesota, which had a majority since the 1998 elections. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.

Results

Summary of the November 7, 2006 Minnesota House of Representatives elections results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			#	%	∆pp	#	∆#	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	132	1,169,298	54.86	3.66	85	19	63.43
	Republican Party of Minnesota	131	947,138	44.44	2.35	49	19	36.57
	Independence Party of Minnesota	9	6,648	0.31	0.74	0
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	2,671	0.13	0.18	0
	Independent	1	555	0.03	0.16	0
	Write-in	—	5,048	0.24	0.08	0
Total			2,131,358	100.00	—	134	±0	100.00
Valid votes			2,131,358	96.10	1.20
Invalid/blank votes			86,460	3.90	1.20
Turnout[1]			2,217,818	60.47	18.30
Eligible voters[1]			3,667,707
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2][3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

See also

• Minnesota Senate elections, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2006

References

External links

• Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2006 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State

Elections in Minnesota   General elections 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016   State elections Executive elections Gubernatorial elections 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Secretary of State elections 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 State Auditor elections 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Attorney General elections 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Legislative elections Senate elections 2002 2006 2010 2012 2016 House of Representatives elections 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Ballot measures 2012 Amendment 1 Amendment 2 See also Minnesota House of Representatives special elections   Federal elections Presidential elections 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Senate elections Class 1 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 Class 2 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 House of Representatives elections 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016   Municipal elections Minneapolis General elections 2005 2009 2013 Mayoral elections 2009 2013 City Council elections 2009 2013 Board of Estimate and Taxation elections 2009 2013 Park and Recreation Board elections 2009 2013 Saint Paul Mayoral elections 2005 2009 2013