Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election, 2016

District 50B special election, 2016
Minnesota
February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09)
The District 50B seat in the Minnesota House of
Representatives
 
Nominee Chad Anderson Andrew Carlson
Party Republican DFL
Popular vote 2,582 2,452
Percentage 51.24% 48.66%
Representative before election

Ann Lenczewski
DFL

 Elected
Representative

Chad Anderson
Republican

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new representative for District 50B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Ann Lenczewski, effective on December 15, 2015. As only one candidate each filed for the nomination of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), a primary election was not held. Chad Anderson, the Republican nominee, won the special election.

Candidates

Republican Party of Minnesota

The Senate District 50 Republican Party held a convention to endorse a candidate on December 12, 2015. Chad Anderson won the endorsement over Sanu Patel-Zellinger after a single ballot.[1]

Withdrawn

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

The Senate District 50 Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed Andrew Carlson on December 14, 2015.

Results

Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election, 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ∆pp
Republican Party of Minnesota Chad Anderson 2,582 51.24 +17.00
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Andrew Carlson 2,452 48.66 −16.94
Write-in N/A 5 0.10 −0.06
Total 5,039 100.00 ±0.00

Previous election results

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2014: District 50B[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ∆pp
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Ann Lenczewski 10,060 65.60 +0.33
Republican Party of Minnesota Zavier Bicott 5,251 34.24 −0.32
Write-in N/A 24 0.16 −0.01
Total 15,335 100.00 ±0.00

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Introducing the endorsed candidate for 50B!". Senate District 50 Republican Party. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Steller, Chris (November 19, 2015). "Lenczewski has a favorite to succeed her in House". Politics in Minnesota. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

External links

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