Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2008

Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2008

November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   RPM Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher Marty Seifert Party DFL Republican Leader since June 20, 2006 November 18, 2006 Leader's seat 60A–Minneapolis 21A–Marshall Last election 85 seats, 54.86% 49 seats, 44.44% Seats before 85 49 Seats won 87 47 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 1,516,633 1,211,020 Percentage 54.87% 43.81% Swing 0.01 pp 0.63 pp

Speaker before election Margaret Anderson Kelliher DFL Elected Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher DFL

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The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives elections were held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 to elect the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives for two-year terms to serve in the 86th Minnesota Legislature.

The social liberal Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the conservative Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.

Results

Summary of the November 4, 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives elections results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			#	%	∆pp	#	∆#	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	134	1,516,633	54.87	0.01	87	2	64.93
	Republican Party of Minnesota	134	1,211,020	43.81	0.63	47	2	35.07
	Independence Party of Minnesota	11	14,601	0.53	0.22	0
	Moderate Independent	1	7,760	0.28	0.28	0
	Green Party of Minnesota	3	6,648	0.24	0.11	0
	IVOTEMN.net	1	719	0.03	0.03	0
	Independent	1	1,238	0.04	0.01	0
	Write-in	—	5,670	0.21	0.03	0
Total			2,764,289	100.00	—	134	±0	100.00
Valid votes			2,764,289	94.62	1.48
Invalid/blank votes			157,209	5.38	1.48
Turnout[1]			2,921,498	78.11	17.64
Eligible voters[1]			3,740,142
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2][3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4]

*Results reflect the official results as certified by the Minnesota State Canvassing Board on November 18 and 26, 2008.^[5]

See also

• Minnesota Senate elections, 2006
• Minnesota elections, 2008

References

External links

• Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2008 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