The 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the
U.S. state
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of
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
on November 8, 2022, to elect members to the
House of Representatives
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of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election coincided with the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
of the other chamber of the
Legislature
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, the
Senate
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.
Democrats (DFL) retained all of their seats, keeping their majority of 70 out of 134 seats.
This happened simultaneously with gains in the state senate, giving the DFL control of that chamber for the first time since 2012, and Governor
Tim Walz
Timothy James Walz (; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota. He was the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, vice pre ...
winning re-election. The DFL won a
trifecta
Trifecta
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in the state for the first time since 2012.
Background
As a result of the 2020 election, the DFL maintained control of the House, albeit with a reduced seat majority. Republicans maintained control of the senate, making Minnesota and Alaska the only US states with split control of the legislature.
Over the past several election cycles, the DFL had lost ground in
Iron Range
The Iron Range is collectively or individually a number of elongated iron-ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. Much of the ore-bearing region lies alongside the range of granite hills formed by the Giants ...
districts to the Republicans. The first sign was the surprise defeat of long-time DFLer
Jim Oberstar
James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician and Congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Minnes ...
to
Tea Party
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A ...
Republican
Chip Cravaack
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in the
2010 midterm election, but it was the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections that saw the largest swings. Iron Range DFL House candidates have narrowly won their seats, but typically by only small margins in districts that used to be safe DFL. For example, DFL Rep. Julie Sandstede of Hibbing was elected by just 30 votes, after winning by more than 4,300 votes in 2018. The five tossup districts which are a part of the Iron Range–3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, and 11A–may determine which party controls the chamber in future elections.
Electoral system
The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from
single-member district
A single-member district or constituency is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders.
In some countries, such as Australia and India ...
s via
first-past-the-post voting
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for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic-Farmer-Labor,
Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis,
Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district were determined by an
open primary election. Minor party and
independent
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* Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...
candidates were nominated by petition.
Write-in candidate
A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
s were required to file a request with the
secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period lasted from May 17, 2022, until May 31, 2022.
Retiring members
DFL
*
Paul Marquart, 4B
*
Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 7A in northeastern Minnesota. She unsuccessfully ra ...
, 7A (ran for
Minnesota's 8th U.S. Congressional District)
*
Mike Sundin
Mike Sundin (born October 11, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he formerly represented District 11A in northeastern Minn ...
, 11A
*
Todd Lippert
Todd Lippert (born January 26, 1977) is an American politician and former pastor who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented ...
, 20B
*
Liz Boldon, 25B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Kelly Morrison
Kelly Louise Morrison (born February 2, 1969) is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Morrison was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Min ...
, 33B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Ami Wazlawik, 38B
*
Shelly Christensen, 39B
*
Connie Bernardy, 41A
*
Ryan Winkler, 46A (ran for
Hennepin County
Hennepin County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,281,565, and was estimated to be 1,273,334 in 2024, making it the List of counties in ...
Attorney)
*
Tou Xiong
Tou Xiong ( RPA: ''Tub Xyooj''; ; born 1989/1990) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 44. He previously served in the Minnesota ...
, 53A (seeking Senate seat)
*
Steve Sandell
Steve Sandell (born June 1940) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 53B in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan ...
, 53B
*
Jim Davnie, 63A
*
Rena Moran, 65A (ran for
Ramsey County Commissioner)
*
Carlos Mariani, 65B
*
Alice Hausman, 66A
Republican
*
Steve Green, 2B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Jordan Rasmusson, 8A (seeking Senate seat)
*
John Poston, 9A
*
Dale Lueck
Dale Keith Lueck (born October 30, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 10B, which includes all of Aitkin County and part of ...
, 10B
*
Tama Theis, 14A (seeking Senate seat)
*
Sondra Erickson
Sondra Erickson (born March 2, 1942) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 15A, which includes portions of Kanabec, Mille L ...
, 15A
*
Tim Miller, 17A
*
Glenn Gruenhagen
Glenn H. Gruenhagen (born February 1, 1952) is an American politician from Minnesota. He serves in the Minnesota Senate representing District 17, which includes Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Sibley Counties. A member of the Republican Party of ...
, 18B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Barb Haley, 21A (seeking Senate seat)
*
Steve Drazkowski, 21B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Rod Hamilton
Rodney W. "Rod" Hamilton (born March 25, 1968) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 22B, which includes all or portions of ...
, 22B
*
Jeremy Munson, 23B (ran for
Minnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District)
*
Nels Pierson
Nels Pierson (born December 29, 1972) is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented the 26B district in southeastern Minn ...
, 26B (ran for
Minnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District)
*
Eric Lucero, 30B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Cal Bahr
Calvin Bahr (born July 17, 1962) is an American businessman, truck driver and politician serving since 2023 as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents the 31st district, in the northern Twin ...
, 31B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Bob Dettmer, 39A
*
Tony Jurgens, 54B (seeking Senate seat)
*
Tony Albright, 55B
Predictions
Results
Close races
There were 25 districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Primary elections results
A primary election was held in 20 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. Twelve Republican nominations and eight DFL nominations were contested. Eight incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. DFL incumbents
John Thompson (67A) and
Andrew Carlson (50B), who was running against fellow incumbent
Steve Elkins, were not renominated.
District results
Source:
Minnesota Secretary of State
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District 1A
Incumbent Republican
John Burkel
John Burkel (born April 6, 1967) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Burkel represents District 1A in northwest Minnesota, which includes the city ...
was first elected in 2020. District 1A is located in northwestern Minnesota covering the northernmost portions of the
Red River Valley
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. Large cities in the district are
Roseau
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,
Thief River Falls
Thief River Falls, sometimes abbreviated as TRF, is a city and county seat of Pennington County in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 8,749 at the 2020 census.
History
Thief River Falls takes its name fro ...
, and
Warren
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* Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits
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Warren may also refer to:
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.
District 1B
Incumbent Republican
Debra Kiel was first elected in 2010. District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes
East Grand Forks,
Crookston, and
Red Lake Falls.
District 2A
Incumbent Republican
Matt Grossell was first elected in 2016. District 2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south as
Bemidji
Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2022 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,946, makin ...
and as far north as the
Northwest Angle
The Northwest Angle, known simply as the Angle by locals, and coextensive with Angle Township, is a pene-exclave of northern Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. Excluding surveying errors, it is the only place in the contiguous United States ...
.
District 2B
Incumbent Republican
Matt Bliss was elected in the 2020 election. Bliss previously represented District 5A from 2017 to 2019, but lost to
John Persell by 11 votes in the
2018 election. District 2B is located in north-central Minnesota.
District 3A
Incumbent DFLer
Rob Ecklund was first elected in a
2015 special election. District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the
Iron Range
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and the northern
Arrowhead Region
The Arrowhead Region is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, so called because of its pointed shape. The predominantly rural region encompasses of land area and includes Carlton, Cook, Lake and Saint Louis counti ...
. Cities in the 3A district include
International Falls
International Falls (sometimes referred to as I-Falls) is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,802 at the time of the 2020 census.
International Falls is located on the Rainy R ...
,
Ely,
Silver Bay, and
Grand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.
District 3B
Incumbent DFLer
Mary Murphy was first elected in 1976. She had represented District 3B since 2012. District 3B surrounds the city of Duluth.
District 4A
Incumbent DFLer
Heather Keeler was first elected in the 2020 election. District 4A covers most of the city of
Moorhead.
District 4B
Incumbent DFLer
Paul Marquart, who was first elected in 2000, chose not run for re-election. The district, located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounds the city of
Moorhead and includes
Glyndon and
Detroit Lakes.
District 5A
District 5A is located in north central Minnesota. The largest city in 5A is
Park Rapids.
District 5B
District 5B is the only district in which the Independence Party of Minnesota fielded a candidate. The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of
Todd County plus portions of
Morrison Morrison may refer to:
People
* Morrison (surname), people with the Scottish surname Morrison
* Morrison Heady (1829–1915), American poet
* Morrison Mann MacBride (1877–1938), Canadian merchant
Places in the United States
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,
Cass
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, and
Wadena counties.
District 6A
District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from
Grand Rapids
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to
Garrison
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A garrison is usually in a city ...
.
District 6B
Incumbent Republican
Josh Heintzeman was first elected in 2014. District 6B's largest city is
Brainerd.
District 7A
Newly created District 7A had two incumbents: DFLer
Julie Sandstede, first elected in 2016, and Republican
Spencer Igo, first elected in 2020.
District 7B
Incumbent DFLer
Dave Lislegard
Dave Lislegard ( ; born March 6, 1973) is an American politician who served from 2019 to 2025 in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Lislegard represented District 7B in northeast Minn ...
was first elected in 2018.
District 8A
Incumbent DFLer
Liz Olson
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was first elected in 2018. District 8A covers the southwestern portion of the city of
Duluth
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.
District 8B
Incumbent DFLer
Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 7A in northeastern Minnesota. She unsuccessfully ra ...
, who was first elected in 2014, instead ran for
Minnesota's 8th congressional district.
District 9A
Incumbent Republican
Jeff Backer was first elected in 2014.
District 9B
District 10A
District 10B
District 11A
District 11B
District 12A
District 12B
District 13A
District 13B
District 14A
District 14B
District 15A
District 15B
District 16A
District 16B
District 17A
District 17B
District 18A
District 18B
District 19A
District 19B
District 20A
District 20B
District 21A
District 21B
District 22A
District 22B
District 23A
District 23B
District 24A
District 24B
District 25A
District 25B
District 26A
District 26B
District 27A
District 27B
District 28A
District 28B
Incumbent Republican
Anne Neu Brindley ran for re-election. District 28B covers the southern portion of
Chisago County and includes the cities of
Lindström
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*Adolf Lindstrøm, Norweg ...
,
Chisago City
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The city is between the twin lakes of Chisago Lake ...
, and
Stacy, as well as the eastern part of
North Branch.
District 29A
District 29B
District 30A
District 30B
District 31A
District 31B
District 32A
District 32B
District 33A
District 33B
District 34A
District 34B
District 35A
District 35B
District 36A
District 36B
District 37A
District 37B
District 38A
District 38B
District 39A
District 39B
District 40A
District 40B
District 41A
District 41B
District 42A
District 42B
District 43A
District 43B
District 44A
District 44B
District 45A
District 45B
District 46A
District 46B
District 47A
District 47B
District 48A
District 48B
District 49A
District 49B
District 50A
District 50B
In the
DFL primary for District 50B, incumbent Steve Elkins (formerly representing District 49B) defeated fellow incumbent Andrew Carlson (of the old District 50B) with over 60% of the vote.
District 51A
District 51B
District 52A
District 52B
District 53A
District 53B
District 54A
District 54B
District 55A
District 55B
District 56A
District 56B
District 57A
District 57B
District 58A
District 58B
District 59A
District 59B
District 60A
Incumbent
Sydney Jordan
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was first elected in a
2020 special election caused by the death of DFL member
Diane Loeffler
Diane Loeffler (July 12, 1953 – November 16, 2019) was an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 60A, which includes t ...
.
District 60B
District 61A
District 61B
District 62A
District 62B
District 63A
District 63B
District 64A
District 64B
District 65A
District 65B
District 66A
District 66A includes parts of north eastern Saint Paul as well as
Roseville,
Falcon Heights, and
Lauderdale
Lauderdale is the valley of the Leader Water (a tributary of the River Tweed, Tweed) in the Scottish Borders. It contains the town of Lauder, as well as Earlston. The valley is traversed from end to end by the A68 road, A68 trunk road, which run ...
. Incumbent DFLer
Alice Hausman retired.
Leigh Finke, the DFL endorsed candidate, became the first transgender member of the Minnesota Legislature.
District 66B
House District 66B covers north central Saint Paul. Incumbent
Athena Hollins ran for re-election.
District 67A
District 67A includes the northeast corner of Saint Paul. The incumbent
John Thompson failed to secure the DFL endorsement after a string of scandals. He received only 11% of the vote in the
primary election
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, losing to
Liz Lee. Following the primary, the Republican nominee, Beverly Peterson, died, and Scott Hesselgrave was chosen as the new nominee.
District 67B
District 67B covers the easternmost portion of Saint Paul. Incumbent
Jay Xiong ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2018.
See also
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2022 Minnesota Senate election
The 2022 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2022, to elect members of the Senate of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election c ...
*
2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic (DFL) Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican Party of Minnesota ...
*
2022 Minnesota elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2022. All of Minnesota's executive officers were up for election, as well as all the seats in the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives, several ju ...
*
List of Minnesota state legislatures
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Notes
References
External links
Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State
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