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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 January 8, 2013 January 4, 2011 Leader's seat 31A–Crown 61B–Minneapolis Last election 61 seats, 45.13% 73 seats, 53.74% Seats won 72 62 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 958,667 944,961 Percentage 50.01% 49.30% Swing 4.88 pp 4.44 pp
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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.

Retiring members

DFL

• John Benson, 44B
• Kathy Brynaert, 19B
• Tom Huntley, 7A
• Michael Paymar, 64B
• Steve Simon, 46B

Republican

• Jim Abeler, 35A
• Mike Beard, 55A
• Mike Benson, 26B
• David FitzSimmons, 30B
• Mary Liz Holberg, 58A
• Andrea Kieffer, 53B
• Ernie Leidiger, 47A
• Pam Myhra, 56A
• Kelby Woodard, 20A
• Kurt Zellers, 34B

Competitive districts

According to an analysis by the Star Tribune, based on past election results, fundraising, and other factors, 16 seats were vulnerable to switching parties. 14 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans. According to MinnPost, 15 seats had the best chance of switching parties, based on the district's political lean (as calculated by MinnPost), previous election results, and the strength of the respective candidates. 13 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans.

District	Incumbent	Party	Star Tribune (September 7, 2014)	MinnPost (October 28, 2014)	Result
1B	Deb Kiel	Republican			Hold
2A	Roger Erickson	DFL			Republican gain
2B	Steve Green	Republican			Hold
4A	Ben Lien	DFL			Hold
10B	Joe Radinovich	DFL			Republican gain
11B	Tim Faust	DFL			Republican gain
12A	Jay McNamar	DFL			Republican gain
14B	Zach Dorholt	DFL			Republican gain
17A	Andrew Falk	DFL			Republican gain
17B	Mary Sawatzky	DFL			Republican gain
27A	Shannon Savick	DFL			Republican gain
36A	Mark Uglem	Republican			Hold
48A	Yvonne Selcer	DFL			Hold
49A	Ron Erhardt	DFL			Hold
49B	Paul Rosenthal	DFL			Hold
51A	Sandra Masin	DFL			Hold
51B	Laurie Halverson	DFL			Hold
56B	Will Morgan	DFL			Republican gain

Primary election results

Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

General election

Opinion polling

Results

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	133	958,667	50.01	4.88	72	11	53.73
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	126	944,961	49.30	4.44	62	11	46.27
	Independence Party of Minnesota	4	2,846	0.15	0.35	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	2	2,001	0.10	0.10	0		0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	1	1,924	0.10	0.03	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	6,455	0.34	0.02	0		0.00
Total			1,916,854	100.00	±0.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			75,712	3.80	3.60
Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters)			1,992,566	50.51	25.91
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

District results

*Elected in a special election.

†Elected to non-consecutive terms.

‡Retiring; not seeking re-election.

The following sought election but later withdrew and did not file an affidavit of candidacy.

Seats changing parties

*Elected to non-consecutive terms.

Analysis

The Republicans made most of their gains in rural districts, continuing a trend of rural districts leaning more towards the Republicans and suburban districts leaning more towards the DFL. Of the 11 districts they gained from the DFL, 10 are outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Seven rural DFL incumbents who voted for legalizing same-sex marriage lost their seats, despite their districts having supported a proposed constitutional amendment in 2012 to ban it. Yet two rural DFL incumbents who voted against legalizing same-sex marriage also lost their seats.

Split-ticket voters determined the outcome of several key races. Nearly 450,000 voters chose one party's candidate for a House seat, but then switched to pick a different party's candidate for the United States Senate or governor. Eight of the 11 districts the DFL lost featured at least some ticket splitting between DFL candidate for governor Mark Dayton and/or U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken and the Republican House candidate. Nearly all of the DFL candidates who lost came from districts in which many voters supported Republicans in previous elections, including candidates for governor Republican Tom Emmer over Democrat Mark Dayton in 2010 and presidential candidates Republican Mitt Romney over Democratic president Barack Obama in 2012.

Outside and party spending reached large levels in several House districts compared to what has been spent in the past as Republican groups focused their attention on the House rather than statewide races. In some races, spending reached $500,000.

Turnout was the lowest in more than 20 years, with slightly over 50 percent of eligible voters having voted. Turnout across the state was lower compared to 2010. It was slightly lower in the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, helping suburban DFL candidates win in those areas. In rural Minnesota, turnout was down by about 10 percentage points since 2010. Much of the drop-off was among DFL voters, while those who did vote in those districts were likely over the age of 45.

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2012
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2014
• Minnesota elections, 2014

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