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Minnesota House key races
Published Tuesday, November 25 10:17:19 AM |
Minnesota House key races
| Votes | Percent of vote | |||
| District 1A | ||||
| Olin, an attorney and first-term legislator, won just under 54 percent of the vote two years ago. Lillestol is a small business owner. | ||||
| 127 of 127 precincts (100%) |  | |||
 | David Olin, D* | 8,726 | 50 |   |
| Steven Lillestol, R | 7,851 | 45 |  | |
| J. C. Carlson, I | 771 | 4 |  | |
| District 4A | ||||
| This has been a DFL seat, with the outgoing DFLer Frank Moe winning 65 percent of the vote in 2006. In the primary races, Carlson and Persell had similar vote totals. | ||||
| 65 of 65 precincts (100%) | | |||
| John Persell, D | 10,259 | 52 | |
| John Carlson, R | 8,666 | 44 | | |
| Sharatin Blake, I | 758 | 4 | | |
| District 7B | ||||
| DFLer Mike Jaros did not run again. | ||||
| 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Roger J. Reinert, D | 13,364 | 73 | |
| Allan Kehr, R | 3,648 | 20 | | |
| Jay Cole, I | 1,259 | 7 | | |
| District 10B | ||||
| Republican Dean Simpson did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 69 of 69 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Mark Murdock, R | 11,477 | 58 | |
| Timothy Nieminen, D | 8,226 | 42 | | |
| District 12B | ||||
| Another first-term DFLer, Doty won by less than 600 votes two years ago. LeMieur is the Little Falls city council president. | ||||
| 52 of 52 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Al Doty, D* | 10,071 | 50 | |
| Mike Lemieur, R | 9,995 | 50 | | |
| District 13A | ||||
| Republican Bud Heidgerken did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 71 of 71 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Paul H. Anderson, R | 11,422 | 58 | |
| Bruce Shuck, D | 8,128 | 42 | | |
| District 16B | ||||
| GOP incumbent Mark Olson filed to run for state Senate but lost in the primary. | ||||
| 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Mary Kiffmeyer, R | 15,863 | 64 | |
| Steve Andrews, D | 8,996 | 36 | | |
| District 20A | ||||
| DFLer Aaron Peterson left this seat vacant, though the DFL handily won this seat in 2006. | ||||
| 120 of 120 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Andrew Falk, D | 9,032 | 51 | |
| Mike Bredeck, R | 8,506 | 49 | | |
| District 21B | ||||
| Three-term Republican incumbent Brad Finstad did not seek relection | ||||
| 57 of 57 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Paul Torkelson, R | 9,111 | 51 | |
| Robert Skillings, D | 8,586 | 49 | | |
| District 26A | ||||
| Republican Connie Ruth did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 23 of 23 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Kory Kath, D | 11,527 | 57 | |
| Thomas A. Kuntz, R | 8,710 | 43 | | |
| District 28A | ||||
| One of the most closely-watched races, with Wollschlager being backed by Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher. Gov. Tim Pawlenty campaigned for Kelly, a Red Wing school board member. | ||||
| 34 of 34 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Tim Kelly, R | 10,702 | 52 | |
| Sandy Wollschlager, D* | 9,911 | 48 | | |
| District 28B | ||||
| Republican Steve Drazkowski and DFLer Linda Pfeilsticker reprised the special election of August 2007 which Drazkowski won. | ||||
| 54 of 54 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Steve Drazkowski, R | 10,980 | 55 | |
| Linda Pfeilsticker, D | 9,050 | 45 | | |
| District 31B | ||||
| Tschumper was targeted because of his 52-vote, first-time victory two years ago over Davids. Davids is a former legislator and mayor of Preston. | ||||
| 56 of 56 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Gregory M. Davids, R | 9,873 | 51 | |
| Ken Tschumper, D* | 9,466 | 49 | | |
| District 33B | ||||
| Republican John Berns, elected in 2006, did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 22 of 22 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Connie Doepke, R | 13,097 | 59 | |
| Kim Kang, D | 9,019 | 41 | | |
| District 37A | ||||
| Madore won her first-term in 2006 in a close race. Mack is a House legislative assistant. | ||||
| 13 of 13 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Tara Mack, R | 11,666 | 52 | |
| Shelley Madore, D* | 10,633 | 48 | | |
| District 37B | ||||
| School board member Lindsay was trying to keep this seat it in the Republican column. Sterner is a Rosemount city council member. Dennis Ozment did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 14 of 14 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Phillip M. Sterner, D | 12,668 | 53 | |
| Judy Lindsay, R | 11,388 | 47 | | |
| District 38B | ||||
| A three-term legislator, Wardlow won by less than 200 votes two years ago over Obermueller. | ||||
| 12 of 12 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Mike Obermueller, D | 10,712 | 51 | |
| Lynn Wardlow, R* | 10,193 | 49 | | |
| District 41A | ||||
| Having bucked his party's governor over the transportation funding bill, Republican Erhardt ran running as a "moderate independent." He is an 18-year House member. | ||||
| 15 of 15 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Keith Downey, R | 8,925 | 37 | |
| Ron Erhardt, MI* | 7,760 | 32 |  | |
| Kevin Staunton, D | 7,626 | 31 | | |
| District 41B | ||||
| Incumbent Republican Neil Peterson was defeated in the primary. He was one of six House Republicans who voted for the gax tax increase. | ||||
| 15 of 15 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Paul Rosenthal, D | 11,434 | 53 | |
| Jan Schneider, R | 10,227 | 47 | | |
| District 42B | ||||
| Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen ran for the U.S. House. | ||||
| 12 of 12 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Jenifer Loon, R | 13,452 | 57 | |
| Jerry Pitzrick, D | 10,002 | 43 | | |
| District 49A | ||||
| Republican Chris DeLaForest did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 15 of 15 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Peggy Scott, R | 13,934 | 59 | |
| Ted Butler, D | 9,523 | 41 | | |
| District 49B | ||||
| Both parties were charging hard for the seat held by retiring Kathy Tinglestad, one of six Republicans who voted to override Gov. Pawlenty's veto of the transportation funding bill. | ||||
| 13 of 13 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Jerry Newton, D | 11,019 | 57 | |
| Jake Cimenski, R | 8,413 | 43 | | |
| District 50B | ||||
| A former Mounds View school board chair, Grivna was trying to unseat a first-term DFLer. Knuth beat Grivna with nearly 54 percent of the vote two years ago. | ||||
| 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Kate Knuth, D* | 11,968 | 57 | |
| Lori Grivna, R | 9,185 | 43 | | |
| District 51A | ||||
| DFLer Scott Kranz did not seek reelection. | ||||
| 18 of 18 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Tim A. Sanders, R | 11,813 | 48 | |
| Shawn Hamilton, D | 10,679 | 43 | | |
| Daniel William Sanders, I | 2,166 | 9 | | |
| District 58B | ||||
| DFL incumbent Augustine (Willie) Dominguez lost in the primary. | ||||
| 14 of 14 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Bobby Joe Champion, D | 11,960 | 81 | |
| Yoman Brunson, R | 1,912 | 13 | | |
| Roger Smithrud, I | 939 | 6 | | |
| District 61B | ||||
| Neva Walker, DFL, elected in 2000, retired after four terms. | ||||
| 12 of 12 precincts (100%) | | |||
| Jeff Hayden, D | 8,795 | 60 | |
| Farheen Hakeem, Grn | 4,423 | 30 |  | |
| Kirsten Lindberg, R | 1,356 | 9 | | |