2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election

2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kurt Daudt Paul Thissen
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader since November 10, 2012 November 4, 2010
Leader's seat 31A–Crown 61B–Minneapolis
Last election 61 seats, 45.13% 73 seats, 53.74%
Seats won 72 62
Seat change Increase11 Decrease11
Popular vote 958,667 944,961
Percentage 50.01% 49.30%
Swing Increase4.88 pp Decrease4.44 pp

Results by district

Speaker before election

Paul Thissen
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Kurt Daudt
Republican

The 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2014, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 89th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 12, 2014.

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election, after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2015.


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