1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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The 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1998, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 81st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 15, 1998.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which had a majority since the 1986 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1999.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | No. | ∆No. | % | ||||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 134 | 1,050,635 | 52.18 | 71 |  7
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52.99 | ||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 127 | 934,919 | 46.43 | 63 |  7
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47.01 | ||
| Reform Party of Minnesota | 14 | 18,949 | 0.94 | 0 | 
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0.00 | ||
| Grassroots Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,270 | 0.06 | 0 |
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0.00 | ||
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,121 | 0.06 | 0 |
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0.00 | ||
| Independent | 2 | 1,964 | 0.10 | 0 |
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0.00 | ||
| Write-in | N/A | 4,654 | 0.23 | 0 |
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0.00 | ||
| Total | 2,013,500 | 100.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 92,484 | 4.39 | ||||||
| Turnout (out of 3,378,089 eligible voters)[1] | 2,105,984 | 62.34 | 4.27 pp
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| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "State House of Representatives Official Results" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
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