The 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the

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on November 3, 2020, to elect members to the

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of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 11, 2020. The election coincided with the

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of the other house of the

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, the

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, and other elections.

Background

The last election in

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resulted in the

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(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

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Electoral system

The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from

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s via

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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.

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s 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

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, 4A * Jack Considine, 19B * Duane Sauke, 25B * Lyndon Carlson, 45A *

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, 51B * Hunter Cantrell, 56A *

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, 56B * Jean Wagenius, 63B *

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, 67A

Republican

Dan Fabian Dan Fabian (born June 28, 1954) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 1A from 2015 to 2019 and as Minority Whip from 2019 to 2021. He represented all of Kittson, Rose ...

, 1A * Sandy Layman, 5B * Bud Nornes, 8A * Bob Vogel, 20A *

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, 23A *

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, 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

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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

Notes

References

External links

Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State
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