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2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election
country	Minnesota
flag_year	1983
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election
previous_year	2006
next_election	2010 Minnesota House of Representatives election
next_year	2010
election_date
seats_for_election	All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
majority_seats	68
image1	File:MAK Headshot cropped.jpg
image_size	150x150px
leader1	Margaret Anderson Kelliher
party1	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
leader_since1	June 20, 2006
leaders_seat1	60A–Minneapolis
last_election1	85 seats, 54.86%
seats1	87
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	1,516,633
percentage1	54.87%
swing1	0.01 pp
image2	Marty Seifert, April 2014 (cropped).png
leader2	Marty Seifert
party2	Republican Party of Minnesota
leader_since2	January 3, 2007
leaders_seat2	21A–Marshall
last_election2	49 seats, 44.44%
seats2	47
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	1,211,020
percentage2	43.81%
swing2	0.63 pp
map_image	{{Switcher
title	Speaker
before_election	Margaret Anderson Kelliher
before_party	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
after_election	Margaret Anderson Kelliher
after_party	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| [[File:MN House 2008 vote share.svg|300px]] | Results by winning party vote share | [[File:MN House 2008 gains.svg|300px]] | Results by gains and holds}}

The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Stateline	October 15, 2008

Results

thumb|right|200px|Districts won

Party	Candidates	Votes	Seats	No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}"		Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	134	1,516,633	54.87	0.01	87	2	64.93
Republican Party of Minnesota}}"		Republican Party of Minnesota	134	1,211,020	43.81	0.63	47	2	35.07
Independence Party of Minnesota}}"		Independence Party of Minnesota	11	14,601	0.53	0.22	0		0.00
Green Party of Minnesota}}"		Green Party of Minnesota	3	6,648	0.24	0.11	0		0.00
Independent (politician)}}"		Independent	3	9,717	0.35	0.32	0		0.00
write-in candidate}}"		Write-in	N/A	5,670	0.21	0.03	0		0.00
Total	2,764,289	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes	157,209	5.38	1.48
Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters)	2,921,498	78.11	17.64
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

District results

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

District 1A

District 1B

District 2A

District 2B

District 3A

District 3B

District 4A

District 4B

District 5A

District 5B

District 6A

District 6B

District 7A

District 7B

District 8A

District 8B

District 9A

District 9B

District 10A

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 41A

District 54B

District 59A

District 61B

References

Jacobson, Louis. (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08".
(April 2019). "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
"Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State.
"Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

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