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2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election


The 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2020, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 92nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 11, 2020. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Senate, and other elections.

The last election in 2018 resulted in the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (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 2016.

The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting 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. Write-in candidates 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 incumbents (light red and light blue) by district.

  • Ben Lien, 4A

  • Jack Considine, 19B

  • Duane Sauke, 25B

  • Lyndon Carlson, 45A

  • Laurie Halverson, 51B

  • Hunter Cantrell, 56A

  • Alice Mann, 56B

  • Jean Wagenius, 63B

  • Tim Mahoney, 67A

  • Dan Fabian, 1A

  • Sandy Layman, 5B

  • Bud Nornes, 8A

  • Bob Vogel, 20A

  • Bob Gunther, 23A

  • Linda Runbeck, 38A

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 John Lesch in District 66B were not renominated.

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportLean DOctober 21, 2020

Districts won

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7Column 8Column 9
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party1331,601,35751.06−3.3470−552.24
Republican Party of Minnesota1301,510,92848.17+3.0964+547.76
Legal Marijuana Now Party58,7800.28+0.28000.00
Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party14,0540.13+0.13000.00
Veterans Party of Minnesota33,4550.11+0.11000.00
Green Party of Minnesota11,8040.06+0.06000.00
Write-inN/A6,1360.20+0.04000.00
Total3,136,514100.00±0.00134±0100.00
Invalid/blank votes157,2664.77+2.55
Turnout (out of 4,118,462 eligible voters)3,293,78079.98+15.73
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Star Tribune

Seat gains and holds by party

PartyIncumbentDistrictFirstelectedWinnerParty
DFLJohn Persell5A2008Matt BlissRepublican
Jeff Brand19A2018Susan AklandRepublican
Jeanne Poppe27B2004Patricia MuellerRepublican
Anne Claflin54A2018Keith FrankeRepublican
Brad Tabke55A2018Erik MortensenRepublican

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  • District 3
  1. Seat A, 4.92%
  • District 4
  1. Seat B, 5.51%
  • District 5
  1. Seat A, 6.91% (gain)
  • District 6
  1. Seat A, 0.19%
  2. Seat B, 9.21%
  • District 11
  1. Seat A, 2.93%
  • District 14
  1. Seat A, 8.1%
  • District 19
  1. Seat A, 0.48% (gain)
  • District 20
  1. Seat B, 5.09%
  • District 26
  1. Seat B, 1.26%
  • District 27
  1. Seat B, 3.18% (gain)
  • District 33
  1. Seat B, 1.11%
  • District 34
  1. Seat B, 7.36%
  • District 36
  1. Seat B, 2.89%
  • District 37
  1. Seat B, 4.92%
  • District 38
  1. Seat A, 7.3%
  2. Seat B, 0.36%
  • District 39
  1. Seat B, 0.85%
  • District 47
  1. Seat B, 3.21%
  • District 53
  1. Seat B, 6.26%
  • District 54
  1. Seat A, 2.96% (gain)
  2. Seat B, 7.21%
  • District 55
  1. Seat A, 2.41% (gain)
  • District 56
  1. Seat A, 3.33%
  2. Seat B, 4.88%
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