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Republicans narrowly maintained their majority in the Minnesota House in the 2004 election, squeaking through with a one-vote margin. Democrats picked up 13 seats, including five held by Republican committee chairs. If you are a candidate or candidate's representative, please fill out our Legislative Voter's Guide form to have the candidate's profile included in this list. |
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DISTRICT | CANDIDATE | PARTY | PROFILE | VOTES | VOTE% |
1A | Maxine Penas (i) | GOP | Profile | 11,202 | 62.0% |
Valerie Solem | DFL | Profile | 6,865 | 38.0% | |
1B KEY RACE 10-term incumbent Bernie Lieder is challenged by farmer Kiel. |
Lonn Kiel | GOP | Profile | 8,562 | 47.1% |
Bernard Lieder (i) | DFL | Profile | 9,596 | 52.8% | |
2A KEY RACE Eken is a 1st term DFLer challenged by Republican with name recognition as mayor of Ada. (Race profile) |
Bernhard Kent Eken (i) | DFL | 10,939 | 59% | |
Jim Ellefson | GOP | 7,595 | 41% | ||
2B | Doug Lindgren (i) | GOP | 9,652 | 49% | |
Brita Sailer | DFL | 9,988 | 51% | ||
3A | Irv Anderson (i) | DFL | 14,340 | 77% | |
Bill Hamm | IP | 4,297 | 23% | ||
3B | Douglas Aitken | GOP | Profile | 9,254 | 45% |
Loren Solberg (i) | DFL | Profile | 11,364 | 55% | |
4A (Race profile) |
Doug Fuller (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,844 | 45% |
Frank Moe | DFL | Profile | 10,233 | 53% | |
Adam Steele | IP | Profile | 405 | 2% | |
4B | Larry Howes (i) | GOP | 12,801 | 57% | |
Carl Samuelson | DFL | Profile | 9,712 | 43% | |
5A | Tom Rukavina (i) | DFL | Profile | 16,237 | 76% |
Gerald Williams | GOP | 4,978 | 23% | ||
5B | Anthony Sertich(i) | DFL | 14,999 | 73% | |
John Spanish | IP | 732 | 4% | ||
Allen Thomsen | GOP | 4,683 | 23% | ||
6A KEY RACE Dill faces allegations of campaign finance violations, but showed strength in defeating primary opponent. |
Marty Breaker | GOP | 6,197 | 28% | |
David Dill (i) | DFL | 15,487 | 69% | ||
6B | Mary Murphy (i) | DFL | 15,538 | 71% | |
Dale Brodin | GOP | 6,368 | 29% | ||
7A | Thomas Huntley (i) | DFL | 14,863 | 66% | |
Steve Peterson | GOP | 7,677 | 34% | ||
7B | Mike Jaros (i) | DFL | Profile | 14,677 | 77% |
Tim Marczak | GOP | 4,259 | 22% | ||
8A | Bill Hilty (i) | DFL | Profile | 13,533 | 68% |
Uriah Wilkinson | GOP | 6,458 | 32% | ||
8B KEY RACE Soderstrom won with 49.7% of the vote in 2002. |
Tim Faust | DFL | 9,904 | 49.6% | |
Judy Soderstrom (i) | GOP | 9,998 | 50.1% | ||
9A KEY RACE A battle with a Green candidate, a popular former mayor, and a city council member (Race profile) |
Wade Hannon | GRN | Profile | 527 | 3% |
Morrie Lanning (i) | GOP | 10,384 | 55% | ||
Lauri Winterfeldt-Shanks | DFL | Profile | 7,899 | 42% | |
9B | Paul Marquart (i) | DFL | Profile | 14,113 | 71% |
Tim Sycks | GOP | Profile | 5,856 | 29% | |
10A | Bud Nornes (i) | GOP | Profile | 12,032 | 60% |
Maryjane Westra | DFL | Profile | 7,933 | 40% | |
10B | James A. Adamietz | DFL | 6,811 | 36% | |
Dean Simpson (i) | GOP | 12,273 | 64% | ||
11A | Glenn Kuehne | GRN | Profile | 499 | 2% |
Torrey Westrom (i) | GOP | 12,689 | 59% | ||
Larry Zilliox | DFL | 8,266 | 38% | ||
11B | Marlene Clark | GOP | 7,648 | 38% | |
Mary Ellen Otremba (i) | DFL | 12,291 | 62% | ||
12A KEY RACE An open seat in Brainerd with the retirement of GOP Dale Walz (Race profile) |
Larry Anderson | IP | 713 | 4% | |
Paul Gazelka | GOP | 10,144 | 50% | ||
Don Samuelson | DFL | 9,417 | 46% | ||
12B | Bob Keeton | DFL | 7,430 | 38% | |
Greg Blaine (i) | GOP | 9,933 | 50% | ||
Al Doty | IP | 2,460 | 12% | ||
13A | Bud Heidgerken (i) | GOP | Profile | 13,297 | 67% |
Bruce Shuck | DFL | Profile | 6,535 | 33% | |
13B KEY RACE |
Al Juhnke (i) | DFL | 9,856 | 53% | |
Bonnie Wilhelm | GOP | Profile | 8,882 | 47% | |
14A | Kent Nelson | DFL | Profile | 8,003 | 38% |
Dan Severson (i) | GOP | Profile | 13,070 | 62% | |
14B | Larry Hosch | DFL | 11,054 | 52% | |
Jim Derose | GOP | 10,174 | 48% | ||
15A | Jim Knoblach (i) | GOP | 13,883 | 63% | |
Anne Nolan | DFL | Profile | 8,232 | 37% | |
15B | Joe Opatz (i) | DFL | 10,855 | 64% | |
Randall Olson | GOP | 6,186 | 36% | ||
16A (Race profile) |
Sondra Erickson (i) | GOP | Profile | 11,398 | 54% |
Gail Kulick Jackson | DFL | Profile | 9,591 | 46% | |
16B | Jim Huhtala | DFL | Profile | 8,871 | 38% |
Mark Olson (i) | GOP | 14,285 | 62% | ||
17A | Rob Eastlund (i) | GOP | 11,804 | 53% | |
Pat Sundberg | DFL | 10,460 | 47% | ||
17B | Jeremy Kalin | DFL | 10,711 | 44% | |
Pete Nelson (i) | GOP | 12,701 | 53% | ||
P.J. Richardson | IP | 794 | 3% | ||
18A | Scott Newman (i) | GOP | 10,587 | 57% | |
Kevin Johnson | DFL | 8,008 | 43% | ||
18B | David Detert | DFL | 8,759 | 44% | |
Dean Urdahl (i) | GOP | 11,079 | 56% | ||
19A | Bruce Anderson (i) | GOP | 12,772 | 58% | |
Geoffrey Tenney | DFL | 9,072 | 42% | ||
19B KEY RACE An open seat held by a one-term Republican. Schmidt lost by just 2% in 2002. |
Tom Emmer | GOP | Profile | 15,328 | 60% |
Lori Schmidt | DFL | Profile | 10,171 | 40% | |
20A KEY RACE Is the first term incumbent vulnerable in a socially conservative district? |
Aaron Peterson (i) | DFL | 10,330 | 55% | |
Jeff Moen | GOP | 8,316 | 45% | ||
20B KEY RACE It was a tight race last time; 225 votes. |
Colin Berg | GOP | Profile | 8,515 | 46% |
Lyle Koenen (i) | DFL | Profile | 9,812 | 54% | |
21A | Pat Mellenthin | DFL | Profile | 7,085 | 39% |
Marty Seifert (i) | GOP | 10,933 | 61% | ||
21B | Joe Eckstein | DFL | 7,395 | 40% | |
Brad Finstad (i) | GOP | 10,904 | 60% | ||
22A | Doug Magnus (i) | GOP | 10,607 | 57% | |
Kathryn Ness | DFL | Profile | 7,955 | 43% | |
22B (Race profile) |
Rod Hamilton | GOP | 8,970 | 51% | |
Richard Peterson | DFL | 8,648 | 49% | ||
23A | Howard Swenson (i) | GOP | 9,618 | 46% | |
Ruth Johnson | DFL | 10,372 | 50% | ||
Lance Bennett | IP | 908 | 4% | ||
23B | John Dorn (i) | DFL | 11,721 | 56% | |
Louise Dickmeyer | GOP | 9,095 | 44% | ||
24A | Bob Gunther (i) | GOP | 11,466 | 63% | |
John Gibeau | DFL | Profile | 6,765 | 37% | |
24B | Terry Clodfelter | DFL | 8,172 | 40% | |
Tony Cornish (i) | GOP | 12,416 | 60% | ||
25A KEY RACE Republican Brod won with 46% of the vote. |
Laura Brod (i) | GOP | 12,483 | 61% | |
Bruce Bjork | DFL | 7,879 | 39% | ||
25B KEY RACE Already proving to be a close and contentious race. Cox won by 46 votes in 2002. |
David Bly | DFL | Profile | 10,847 | 49% |
Ray Cox (i) | GOP | Profile | 11,433 | 51% | |
26A | Kathleen Muellerleile | DFL | 8,797 | 45% | |
Connie Ruth (i) | GOP | 10,583 | 55% | ||
26B | Michael Corbin | IP | Profile | 795 | 5% |
Lynda Boudreau (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,287 | 46.7% | |
Patti Fritz | DFL | 8,634 | 48.7% | ||
27A | Dan Dorman (i) | GOP | 11,014 | 56% | |
Jerald Kaphers | DFL | 7,343 | 37% | ||
Keith Porter Sr. | IP | 1,325 | 7% | ||
27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 9,776 | 52% | |
Jeff Anderson (i) | GOP | 9,162 | 48% | ||
28A | Sandy Wollschlager | DFL | 9,380 | 46% | |
Jerry Dempsey (i) | GOP | 10,821 | 54% | ||
28B | Scott Metcalf | DFL | 7,137 | 35% | |
Steve Sviggum (i) | GOP | 12,986 | 65% | ||
29A | Randy Demmer (i) | GOP | 13,311 | 60% | |
Spencer Stevens | DFL | 8,772 | 40% | ||
29B | Fran Bradley (i) | GOP | 9,664 | 51% | |
Kim Norton | DFL | 9,353 | 49% | ||
30A | Tina Liebling | DFL | Profile | 8,712 | 51% |
Carla Nelson (i) | GOP | 8,435 | 49% | ||
30B | Bill Kuisle (i) | GOP | 10,720 | 49% | |
Andy Welti | DFL | Profile | 11,293 | 51% | |
31A | Nick Ridge | GOP | 6,407 | 34% | |
Gene Pelowski (i) | DFL | 12,478 | 66% | ||
31B KEY RACE Davids' in-laws tire burning plant proposal is issue in this race. |
Gregory Davids (i) | GOP | 10,349 | 52% | |
Peggy Hanson | DFL | 9,435 | 48% | ||
32A KEY RACE Lindner running as Independent after Peppin gets GOP endorsement |
Carroll Holmstrom | DFL | 7,117 | 27% | |
Arlon Lindner (i) | IP | 5,114 | 19% | ||
Joyce Peppin | GOP | 14,276 | 54% | ||
32B | John Olson | DFL | 8,280 | 40% | |
Terry Brennan | IP | 1,351 | 7% | ||
Kurt Zellers (i) | GOP | 10,892 | 53% | ||
33A | John Muenich | DFL | Profile | 7,970 | 36% |
Steve Smith (i) | GOP | 14,312 | 64% | ||
33B | Carol Eastlund | DFL | 8,600 | 38% | |
Barb Sykora (i) | GOP | 14,086 | 62% | ||
34A | Paul Kohls (i) | GOP | 16,022 | 69% | |
Dick Stoltz | 7,232 | 31% | |||
34B | Joe Hoppe (i) | GOP | 12,450 | 60% | |
Sue Sperling | DFL | 8,259 | 40% | ||
35A | Mike Beard (i) | GOP | 14,565 | 59% | |
John Sheehan | DFL | 9,991 | 41% | ||
35B | Mark Buesgens (i) | GOP | 14,167 | 63% | |
Ashley Sierra | DFL | 8,197 | 37% | ||
36A | Mary Liz Holberg (i) | GOP | 13,205 | 62% | |
Mark Solomon | DFL | 8,202 | 38% | ||
36B | Benjamin Coler | DFL | 8,718 | 38% | |
Pat Garofalo | GOP | 14,513 | 62% | ||
37A | Shelley Madore | DFL | Profile | 10,505 | 49% |
Lloyd Cybart | GOP | Profile | 10,971 | 51% | |
37B | Dennis Ozment (i) | GOP | Profile | 14,194 | 65% |
Lax Sundae | DFL | 7,719 | 35% | ||
38A | James Hammes | GRN | 533 | 3% | |
Christine Harbron | DFL | 8,891 | 45% | ||
Tim Wilkin (i) | GOP | 10,372 | 52% | ||
38B | Jim Carlson | DFL | Profile | 9,941 | 46% |
Lynn Wardlow (i) | GOP | Profile | 10,968 | 54% | |
39A | Rick Hansen | DFL | 11,644 | 55% | |
Paul Ives | GOP | 9,398 | 45% | ||
39B | Joe Atkins (i) | DFL | Profile | 14,594 | 68% |
Cassandra Holmstrom | GOP | 6,767 | 32% | ||
40A | Charles Aldrich | LIB | Profile | 574 | 3.2% |
Will Morgan | DFL | 8,499 | 47.2% | ||
Duke Powell (i) | GOP | 8,918 | 49.5% | ||
40B | Randy Elledge | GOP | 7,229 | 33.7% | |
Ann Lenczewski (i) | DFL | 14,167 | 66.1% | ||
41A | Ron Erhardt (i) | GOP | 13,746 | 57.4% | |
Laura Davis | DFL | 10,168 | 42.5% | ||
41B KEY RACE Crowded field running for Alice Seagren's seat in Bloomington |
Aaron Schweiger | DFL | Profile | 6,791 | 31.5% |
David Allen | IP | Profile | 3,401 | 15.8% | |
Neil Peterson | GOP | 11,316 | 52.5% | ||
42A | Peter Adolphson (i) | GOP | 10,769 | 49.4% | |
Maria Ruud | DFL | 11,008 | 50.5% | ||
42B | Carol Bomben | DFL | 8,999 | 40.1% | |
Erik Paulsen (i) | GOP | 13,425 | 59.8% | ||
43A | Jeff Johnson (i) | GOP | 12,483 | 56.4% | |
Sheryl Frieman | DFL | 9,605 | 43.4% | ||
43B | Ron Abrams (i) | GOP | 11,734 | 52.3% | |
John Benson | DFL | 10,672 | 47.6% | ||
44A | Jim Rhodes (i) | GOP | 9,272 | 44.2% | |
Steve Simon | DFL | Profile | 11,643 | 55.5% | |
44B | Ron Latz (i) | DFL | 14,641 | 66.7% | |
John Palmatier | GOP | 7,272 | 33.1% | ||
45A KEY RACE Osterman knocked off incumbent in a close race in 2002. She faces a high-profile DFLer with name recognition this year. |
Lynne Osterman (i) | GOP | Profile | 9,258 | 46.2% |
Sandra Peterson | DFL | Profile | 10,040 | 50.1% | |
Ben Thome | IP | Profile | 702 | 3.5% | |
45B | Brian Hanf | IP | Profile | 1,499 | 7.0% |
Lyndon Carlson (i) | DFL | 12,093 | 56.3% | ||
Gregg Prest | GOP | Profile | 7,873 | 36.6% | |
46A | Linda Etim | GOP | 5,408 | 37.5% | |
Mike Nelson (i) | DFL | 8,965 | 62.2% | ||
46B | Debra Hilstrom (i) | DFL | 10,448 | 63.5% | |
Trudy Petersen | GOP | 5,980 | 36.3% | ||
47A | Denise Dittrich | DFL | 10,438 | 52.1% | |
Bill Haas (i) | GOP | 9,576 | 47.8% | ||
47B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | Profile | 10,836 | 50.9% |
Stephanie Olsen (i) | GOP | 10,440 | 49.0% | ||
48A | Tom Hackbarth (i) | GOP | 12,479 | 57.9% | |
Mike Starr | DFL | Profile | 9,056 | 42.0% | |
48B | Jim Abeler (i) | GOP | 12,123 | 62.9% | |
Bob Trewartha | DFL | 7,119 | 37.0% | ||
49A | Chris DeLaforest (i) | GOP | Profile | 13,856 | 63.0% |
Jim Pithan | DFL | Profile | 8,124 | 36.9% | |
49B | Kathy Tingelstad (i) | GOP | 10,873 | 56.1% | |
LeeAnn Mortenson | DFL | 8,472 | 43.7% | ||
50A | Nathan Jones | GOP | 6,579 | 36.2% | |
Barb Goodwin (i) | DFL | Profile | 11,586 | 63.7% | |
50B KEY RACE Always a swing suburban district |
Geri Evans | DFL | 10,009 | 48.0% | |
Char Samuelson (i) | GOP | 10,821 | 51.9% | ||
51A | Kendra Brodin | DFL | 10,107 | 44.7% | |
Andy Westerberg (i) | GOP | 12,468 | 55.2% | ||
51B | Connie Bernardy (i) | DFL | Profile | 10,490 | 54.8% |
Pam Wolf | GOP | Profile | 7,943 | 41.5% | |
Darrel Benedix | IP | 696 | 3.6% | ||
52A | Rob Raphael | DFL | Profile | 9,238 | 40.6% |
Ray Vandeveer (i) | GOP | 13,531 | 59.4% | ||
52B KEY RACE Otto beat Dean in special election, then successfully fought complaint over mistaken advertising that said Dean's kids were in private school. (Race profile) |
Rebecca Otto (i) | DFL | 12,261 | 48.3% | |
Matthew Dean | GOP | 13,091 | 51.6% | ||
53A | Phil Krinkie (i) | GOP | 11,923 | 54.3% | |
Paul Gardner | DFL | Profile | 10,030 | 45.7% | |
53B | Doug Meslow (i) | GOP | 12,793 | 58.0% | |
Emily Waymire | DFL | 9,233 | 41.9% | ||
54A | Mindy Greiling (i) | DFL | Profile | 13,059 | 59.5% |
Terri Graham | GOP | 8,876 | 40.4% | ||
54B KEY RACE Open seat. GOP Carl Jacobson decided not to run. |
Bev Scalze | DFL | Profile | 11,132 | 52.0% |
Ryan Griffin | GOP | 10,246 | 47.9% | ||
55A KEY RACE An open seat because incumbent DFLer Scott Wasiluk lost in the primary. |
Leon Lillie | DFL | 10,849 | 54.8% | |
Jan Steiner | GOP | 7,673 | 38.8% | ||
Brian Balfanz | IP | Profile | 1,250 | 6.3% | |
55B | Nora Slawik (i) | DFL | Profile | 11,465 | 56.0% |
Kelley Koemptgen | GOP | 9,002 | 43.9% | ||
56A KEY RACE Open seat in the Lake Elmo area created with the retirement of Eric Lipman. |
Mike Charron | GOP | 11,424 | 52.9% | |
Marc Kimball | DFL | 10,166 | 47.0% | ||
56B KEY RACE District is heavily GOP, but Price has name recognition as former senator. Both candidates are teachers. |
Karen Klinzing (i) | GOP | 12,848 | 54.5% | |
Len Price | DFL | Profile | 10,683 | 45.4% | |
57A | Kate Sieben (i) | DFL | 13,119 | 68.4% | |
Kelley Eigenheer | GOP | 6,029 | 31.4% | ||
57B | George Bateman | GRN | 507 | 2.3% | |
Jed Iverson | DFL | 8,478 | 38.4% | ||
Denny McNamara (i) | GOP | 13,092 | 59.3% | ||
58A | Dan Niesen | GOP | 2,802 | 19.0% | |
Joe Mullery (i) | DFL | 11,853 | 80.5% | ||
58B | Keith Ellison (i) | DFL | Profile | 10,776 | 84.1% |
Jay Cyril Mastrud | GOP | Profile | 1,984 | 15.5% | |
59A | Dianne Loeffler | DFL | 11,381 | 61.4% | |
Valdis Rozentals | GOP | 3,233 | 17.5% | ||
Tom Taylor | GRN | Profile | 3,875 | 20.9% | |
59B | Phyllis Kahn (i) | DFL | 10,139 | 58.8% | |
Amanda Hutchings | GOP | 3,860 | 22.4% | ||
Ron Lischeid | IP | 995 | 5.8% | ||
Becki Smith | GRN | Profile | 2,182 | 12.7% | |
60A | Margaret Anderson Kelliher (i) | DFL | 15,768 | 74.0% | |
Tom Gromacki | GOP | Profile | 4,189 | 19.7% | |
Sigrid Hutcheson | IP | Profile | 1,307 | 6.1% | |
60B | Frank Hornstein (i) | DFL | 18,281 | 78.8% | |
Jeremy Estenson | GOP | 4,887 | 21.1% | ||
61A | Karen Clark (i) | DFL | 10,144 | 87.7% | |
Frederick Coates | GOP | 1,391 | 12.0% | ||
61B | Andy Lindberg | GOP | 1,758 | 12.8% | |
Neva Walker (i) | DFL | 11,896 | 86.8% | ||
62A | Jim Davnie (i) | DFL | 15,453 | 76.3% | |
Robert Garrison | GOP | Profile | 3,272 | 16.2% | |
Carol Grishen | IP | 1,495 | 7.4% | ||
62B | Jean Wagenius (i) | DFL | 16,623 | 75.4% | |
Susie Valentine | GOP | 5,386 | 24.4% | ||
63A | Amy Vrudny | GOP | 7,072 | 33.8% | |
Paul Thissen (i) | DFL | Profile | 13,845 | 66.1% | |
63B | Patrick Kirby | GOP | Profile | 6,642 | 38.0% |
Daniel Larson (i) | DFL | 10,815 | 61.8% | ||
64A | Kristin Beach | GOP | 4,725 | 22.7% | |
Matt Entenza (i) | DFL | 16,021 | 77.0% | ||
64B | Michael Paymar (i) | DFL | 15,150 | 70.4% | |
Kristina Jilek | GOP | 6,339 | 29.5% | ||
65A | Paul Holmgren | GOP | Profile | 2,645 | 23.6% |
Cy Thao (i) | DFL | 8,511 | 76.0% | ||
65B | Bill Dahn | IP | 1,256 | 7.8% | |
Carlos Mariani (i) | DFL | 11,218 | 70.0% | ||
Lori Windels | GOP | 3,514 | 21.9% | ||
66A | John Lesch (i) | DFL | 8,832 | 74.6% | |
Greg Copeland | GOP | 2,965 | 25.0% | ||
66B | Alice Hausman (i) | DFL | 14,494 | 74.6% | |
Warren Anderson | GOP | Profile | 4,895 | 25.2% | |
67A | Tim Mahoney (i) | DFL | 9,963 | 73.4% | |
Mark Jorgenson | GOP | 3,564 | 26.3% | ||
67B | Sheldon Johnson (i) | DFL | 8,362 | 59.3% | |
Gregory LeMay | GOP | 3,499 | 24.8% | ||
Roger Westall | GRN | Profile | 329 | 2.3% | |
John Klein | IP | 1,891 | 13.4% |