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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statewide"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Statewide</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statewide-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_district" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_district"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>By district</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_district-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>District 1</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_1-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> 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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independence_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independence_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Independence primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independence_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>District 2</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_2-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 2 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>District 3</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_3-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 3 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.2</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independence_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independence_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Independence primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independence_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Constitution_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Constitution_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Constitution primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Constitution_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1.1</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Polling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.1</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.2</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.3</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>District 4</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_4-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 4 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>District 5</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_5-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 5 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independence_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independence_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Independence primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independence_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4.1</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>District 6</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_6-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 6 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1.2</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independence_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independence_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Independence primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independence_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.4</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.5</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>District 7</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_7-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 7 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3.1</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>District 8</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_8-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 8 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Predictions_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_8"> <div 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itvstart">2008-11-04</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 8 Minnesota seats to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 seats, 52.90% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 seats, 42.43% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>1,612,480</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,069,015 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>57.53%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38.14% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.63% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.29% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Minnesota">Elections in Minnesota</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Minnesota" title="Seal of Minnesota"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/80px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/120px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Seal_of_Minnesota.svg/160px-Seal_of_Minnesota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1201" data-file-height="1201" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)">General elections</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_elections" title="2006 Minnesota elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_elections" title="2008 Minnesota elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_elections" title="2010 Minnesota elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_elections" title="2012 Minnesota elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_elections" title="2014 Minnesota elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_elections" title="2016 Minnesota elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_elections" title="2018 Minnesota elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_elections" title="2020 Minnesota elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_elections" title="2022 Minnesota 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title="President of the United States">Presidential elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1864 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1868 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1872 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1876 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1880 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1884 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1900 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1904 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1916 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1920 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1924 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_caucuses" title="2000 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses">Dem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2004</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_caucuses" title="2004 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses">Dem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2008</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_caucuses" title="2008 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_Republican_presidential_caucuses" title="2008 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_caucuses" title="2016 Minnesota Democratic presidential caucuses">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_Republican_presidential_caucuses" title="2016 Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2020 Minnesota Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_Legal_Marijuana_Now_presidential_primary" title="2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary">LMN</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 1</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1869 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1875 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1901 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1905 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1916 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1922 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1934 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1940 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1952 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1958 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1964 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1978 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1982 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1988 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 2</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1865 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1871 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1877 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1881 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1883 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1895 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1907 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1913 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1918 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1923 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1923 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1936 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1942 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1942 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1954 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1960 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1966 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1984 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1990 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1996 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">2018 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2026</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1849 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1850 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1852 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1854 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1856 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1856 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1857 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" title="1859 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li>1929 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1929 Minnesota's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1929 Minnesota's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" title="1932 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li>1977 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1977 Minnesota's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election">6th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2022</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Minnesota">State executive elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Gubernatorial elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1857_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1857 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1859 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1861 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1863 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1865 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1869 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1871 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1873 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1875 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1877 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1881 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1883 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1890 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1894 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1902 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1906 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1918 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1922 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1926 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1936 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant gubernatorial elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1896_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1902 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1906 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1914 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1918 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1922 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1926 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1936 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1938 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1944 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1946 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1950 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1954 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1970</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Secretary_of_State" title="Minnesota Secretary of State">Secretary of State elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1998 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2002 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2006 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2018 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Auditor" title="Minnesota State Auditor">State Auditor elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1934 Minnesota State Auditor election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2006 Minnesota State Auditor election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2010 Minnesota State Auditor election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2014 Minnesota State Auditor election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2018 Minnesota State Auditor election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2022 Minnesota State Auditor election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 Minnesota State Auditor election (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Attorney General">Attorney General elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1994 Minnesota Attorney General election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1998 Minnesota Attorney General election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2002 Minnesota Attorney General election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2006 Minnesota Attorney General election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2010 Minnesota Attorney General election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2014 Minnesota Attorney General election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Minnesota Attorney General election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Minnesota Attorney General election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 Minnesota Attorney General election">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">State legislative elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">Senate elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1890 Minnesota Senate election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1894 Minnesota Senate election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1898 Minnesota Senate election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1902 Minnesota Senate election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1906 Minnesota Senate election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1910 Minnesota Senate election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1976 Minnesota Senate election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1980 Minnesota Senate election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1982 Minnesota Senate election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1986 Minnesota Senate election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1990 Minnesota Senate election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1992 Minnesota Senate election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1996 Minnesota Senate election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2000 Minnesota Senate election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2002 Minnesota Senate election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2006 Minnesota Senate election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2010 Minnesota Senate election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2012 Minnesota Senate election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2016 Minnesota Senate election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2020 Minnesota Senate election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2022 Minnesota Senate election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2026 Minnesota Senate election">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">House of Representatives elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1910 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1992 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2010 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Special elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_Minnesota_Senate" title="List of special elections to the Minnesota Senate">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="List of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis" title="List of mayors of Minneapolis">Mayoral elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 Minneapolis mayoral election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2009 Minneapolis mayoral election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2013 Minneapolis mayoral election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2017 Minneapolis mayoral election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2021 Minneapolis mayoral election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2025 Minneapolis mayoral election">2025</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_City_Council" title="Minneapolis City Council">City Council elections</a></th></tr><tr><td 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href="/wiki/File:MN-districts-natat.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/MN-districts-natat.JPG/300px-MN-districts-natat.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/MN-districts-natat.JPG/450px-MN-districts-natat.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/MN-districts-natat.JPG 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>Map of Minnesota showing all eight districts</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>2008 Minnesota U.S. House of Representatives elections</b> took place on November 4, 2008. All 8 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the <a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th United States Congress</a> from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_United_States_Senate_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota United States Senate election, 2008">2008 Senate election</a> (for the seat held by <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (U.S.)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Coleman" title="Norm Coleman">Norm Coleman</a>), and 2008 <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota Legislature</a> elections occurred on the same date, as well as many local elections and ballot initiatives. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th congressional</a> delegation from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> had three <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and five <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party</a> members (DFLers). Six were men; two were women. Three were freshmen in the 110th congress. The veterans ranged in experience from <a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a> with 33 years of experience and the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Transportation Committee</a>, to <a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a> with just four years of experience. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statewide">Statewide</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statewide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2"><small>Candi</small><small>dates</small> </th> <th colspan="2">Votes<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th>% </th> <th><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#0055AA;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic-Farmer-Labor</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1,612,480 </td> <td>57.53 </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>62.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E81B23;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1,069,015 </td> <td>38.14 </td> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>37.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFC14E;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>116,835 </td> <td>4.17 </td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4,284 </td> <td>0.15 </td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td colspan="2" align="left">Total </td> <td>28 </td> <td>2,802,614 </td> <td>100.0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>100.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Democratic</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0055AA; width:57.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">57.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Republican</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E81B23; width:38.14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">38.14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independence</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFC14E; width:4.17%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.17%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:0.15%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.15%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">House seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Democratic</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0055AA; width:62.50%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">62.50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Republican</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E81B23; width:37.50%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">37.50%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_district">By district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: By district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota by district: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_congressional_districts" title="Minnesota's congressional districts">District</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Others </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Total </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="3">Result </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:#0055AA"></th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:#E81B23"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Votes</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">%</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Votes</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">%</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Votes</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">%</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Votes</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">% </th></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 1st congressional district">District 1</a></td> <td>207,753</td> <td>62.50%</td> <td>109,453</td> <td>32.93%</td> <td>15,194</td> <td>4.57%</td> <td>332,400</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Democratic hold </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 2nd congressional district">District 2</a></td> <td>164,093</td> <td>42.55%</td> <td>220,924</td> <td>57.29%</td> <td>639</td> <td>0.16%</td> <td>385,656</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Republican hold </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 3rd congressional district">District 3</a></td> <td>150,787</td> <td>40.85%</td> <td>178,932</td> <td>48.48%</td> <td>39,385</td> <td>10.67%</td> <td>369,104</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Republican hold </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 4th congressional district">District 4</a></td> <td>216,267</td> <td>68.44%</td> <td>98,936</td> <td>31.31%</td> <td>815</td> <td>0.26%</td> <td>316,018</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Democratic hold </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 5th congressional district">District 5</a></td> <td>228,776</td> <td>70.88%</td> <td>71,020</td> <td>22.00%</td> <td>22,951</td> <td>7.12%</td> <td>322,747</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Democratic hold </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 6th congressional district">District 6</a></td> <td>175,786</td> <td>43.43%</td> <td>187,817</td> <td>46.41%</td> <td>41,122</td> <td>10.15%</td> <td>404,725</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Republican hold </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 7th congressional district">District 7</a></td> <td>227,187</td> <td>72.20%</td> <td>87,062</td> <td>27.67%</td> <td>431</td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>314,680</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Democratic hold </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 8th congressional district">District 8</a></td> <td>241,831</td> <td>67.69%</td> <td>114,871</td> <td>32.15%</td> <td>582</td> <td>0.16%</td> <td>357,284</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td align="left">Democratic hold </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"> <td align="left">Total</td> <td>1,612,480</td> <td>57.53%</td> <td>1,069,015</td> <td>38.14%</td> <td>121,119</td> <td>4.32%</td> <td>2,802,614</td> <td>100.0%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_1">District 1</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: District 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 1st congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_1" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_1" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Walz,_official_portrait,_110th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Tim_Walz%2C_official_portrait%2C_110th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2278" data-file-height="3036" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Brian J. Davis </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>207,753</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">109,453 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>62.5%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">32.9% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_MN-01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2008_MN-01.png/300px-2008_MN-01.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2008_MN-01.png/450px-2008_MN-01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/2008_MN-01.png/600px-2008_MN-01.png 2x" data-file-width="817" data-file-height="209" /></a></span><br /><b>Walz:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#b4c7ec; color:#b4c7ec;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#416fcd; color:#416fcd;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none" data-switcher-default="">County results</span></div><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN1_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/MN1_House_2008.svg/320px-MN1_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/MN1_House_2008.svg/480px-MN1_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/MN1_House_2008.svg/640px-MN1_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="283" /></a></span><br /><b>Walz:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#A5B0FF; color:#A5B0FF;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Davis:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#FFB2B2; color:#FFB2B2;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#D72F30; color:#D72F30;">    </span> 70–80%</span><br /><b>Tie:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d2b1d9; color:#d2b1d9;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ae8bb1; color:#ae8bb1;">    </span> 50%</span><br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#808080; color:#808080;">    </span> No votes</span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Precinct results</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 1st congressional district">Minnesota's 1st congressional district</a></div> <p>This district extended across southern <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> from the border with <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> to the border of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>. Incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a>, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was elected with 53% of the vote in 2006, defeating 6-term Republican <a href="/wiki/Gil_Gutknecht" title="Gil Gutknecht">Gil Gutknecht</a> in somewhat of a surprise victory. The district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of R+1.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walz, a former teacher and <a href="/wiki/Command_Sergeant_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Command Sergeant Major">Command Sergeant Major</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guard</a><sup id="cite_ref-Post-Bulletin_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Post-Bulletin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had no opponent in the race for the DFL nomination for the seat in the September 12, 2008 primary election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Tim Walz (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,998 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>20,998 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_2">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_2">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brian J. Davis, Mayo Clinic physician<sup id="cite_ref-WalzCrowd_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalzCrowd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Day" title="Dick Day">Dick Day</a>, state senator and former <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">state senator</a> Majority Leader (1997–2007)<sup id="cite_ref-WalzCrowd_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalzCrowd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Demmer" title="Randy Demmer">Randy Demmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-WalzCrowd_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalzCrowd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mark Meyer, actuary, lawyer and member of the Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial School Board<sup id="cite_ref-WalzCrowd_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalzCrowd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_2">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brian J. Davis </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,196 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dick Day </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,480 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>25,676 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_primary">Independence primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Independence primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_3">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_3">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Gregory Mikkelson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_3">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Independence primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Gregory Mikkelson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,043 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,043 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-3">Likely D </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rothenberg_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Rothenberg Political Report">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rothenberg_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rothenberg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#88f" data-sort-value="-4">Safe D </td> <td>November 2, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sabato_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sabato-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-2">Lean D </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-RCP_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCP-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#88f" data-sort-value="-4">Safe D </td> <td>November 7, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CQ_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="CQ Politics">CQ Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-CQ_Politics_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ_Politics-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-3">Likely D </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_4">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walz won a second term, garnering 62.5% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 1st Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>207,753 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brian J. Davis </td> <td style="text-align:right">109,453 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gregory Mikkelson </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,904 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">290 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>332,400 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_2">District 2</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: District 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_2" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_2" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnkline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Johnkline.jpg/123px-Johnkline.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Johnkline.jpg/184px-Johnkline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Johnkline.jpg/245px-Johnkline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Steve Sarvi </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>220,924</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">164,093 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>57.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">42.5% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN2_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/MN2_House_2008.svg/300px-MN2_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/MN2_House_2008.svg/450px-MN2_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/MN2_House_2008.svg/600px-MN2_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="673" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>Kline:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#D72F30; color:#D72F30;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#A80000; color:#A80000;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Sarvi:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Tie:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ae8bb1; color:#ae8bb1;">    </span> 50%</span><br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#808080; color:#808080;">    </span> No votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN02_109.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/MN02_109.png/220px-MN02_109.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/MN02_109.png/330px-MN02_109.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/MN02_109.png/440px-MN02_109.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 2nd congressional district">Minnesota's 2nd congressional district</a></div> <p>This district spans the width of the entire southern <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis-Saint_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis-Saint Paul">metro area</a> and contains all of <a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Minnesota" title="Scott County, Minnesota">Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Le_Sueur_County,_Minnesota" title="Le Sueur County, Minnesota">Le Sueur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="Rice County, Minnesota">Rice</a> Counties and most of <a href="/wiki/Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota County</a>. Incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a>, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 56.2% of the vote in 2006. The district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of R+3.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_2">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a> held on to the second district seat in 2006, defeating DFL challenger, former <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> agent, <a href="/wiki/Coleen_Rowley" title="Coleen Rowley">Coleen Rowley</a>. The district Republican lean, Kline's unwavering support for <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> did not make him appear too vulnerable to a challenger in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_4">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_4">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_2">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 4, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> veteran Steve Sarvi announced he would challenge Kline for the seat. His experience also included being mayor of <a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Minnesota" title="Watertown, Minnesota">Watertown, Minnesota</a> and city administrator for <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Minnesota" title="Victoria, Minnesota">Victoria, Minnesota</a>. He believed that a change in U.S. policy in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> was needed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 3, Sarvi was endorsed by the 2nd District <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">DFL</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence Party of Minnesota</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_5">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_5">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steve Sarvi, <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> veteran and former Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Minnesota" title="Watertown, Minnesota">Watertown</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_2">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_2">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#faa" data-sort-value="3">Likely R </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rothenberg_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Rothenberg Political Report">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rothenberg_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rothenberg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#f88" data-sort-value="4">Safe R </td> <td>November 2, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sabato_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sabato-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#f88" data-sort-value="4">Safe R </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-RCP_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCP-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#f88" data-sort-value="4">Safe R </td> <td>November 7, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CQ_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="CQ Politics">CQ Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-CQ_Politics_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ_Politics-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#faa" data-sort-value="3">Likely R </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_5">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kline won garnering 57.3% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 2nd Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>220,924 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steve Sarvi </td> <td style="text-align:right">164,093 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">639 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>385,656 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_3">District 3</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: District 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 3rd congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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<tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Erik_Paulsen,_official_portrait,_111th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Erik_Paulsen%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2278" data-file-height="3036" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFC14E;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">Erik Paulsen</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Ashwin Madia </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">David Dillon </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>178,932</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">150,787 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38,970 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>48.5%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN3_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MN3_House_2008.svg/300px-MN3_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MN3_House_2008.svg/450px-MN3_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MN3_House_2008.svg/600px-MN3_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="744" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>Paulsen:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#FFB2B2; color:#FFB2B2;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /><b>Madia:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#A5B0FF; color:#A5B0FF;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ramstad" title="Jim Ramstad">Jim Ramstad</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">Erik Paulsen</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN03.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MN03.gif/220px-MN03.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MN03.gif/330px-MN03.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MN03.gif/440px-MN03.gif 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 3rd congressional district">Minnesota's 3rd congressional district</a></div> <p>This district encompasses the suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin County</a> to the north, west, and south of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>. Incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ramstad" title="Jim Ramstad">Jim Ramstad</a>, who had represented the district since 1991, announced on September 17, 2007, that he would not seek re-election in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-retirement_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retirement-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-elected with 64.9% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of Even. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_3">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_6">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_6">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">Erik Paulsen</a>, state representative from district 42B since 1995, and former Minnesota House Majority Leader (2003–2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_6">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Erik Paulsen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,187 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>14,187 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_3">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_7">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_7">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ashwin Madia, attorney and <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> veteran<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_2">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Bonoff" title="Terri Bonoff">Terri Bonoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jim Hovland, Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Edina,_Minnesota" title="Edina, Minnesota">Edina</a> (withdrew March 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237488509">.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box{overflow-x:hidden;margin-top:0.2em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);text-align:left;border:solid 1px silver}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-title{border-bottom:solid 1px silver;background:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list{padding:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dl,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ol,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns li,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Terri Bonoff</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees" title="American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees">American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFSCMEEndorses_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSCMEEndorses-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now" title="Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now">Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily%27s_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily's List">Emily's List</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Forward" title="Minnesota Forward">Minnesota Forward</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_7">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ashwin Madia </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,830 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>20,830 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_primary_2">Independence primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Independence primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_8">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_8">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>David Dillon, businessman<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_2">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steev Ramsdell</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_8">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Independence primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>David Dillon </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>674 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steev Ramsdell </td> <td style="text-align:right">252 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>926 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constitution_primary">Constitution primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Constitution primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_9">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_3">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Harley Swarm<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_3">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll<br />source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Erik<br />Paulsen (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Ashwin<br />Madia (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">David<br />Dillon (IP) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 29–30, 2008 </td> <td align="center">647 </td> <td align="center">± 3.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">41% </td> <td align="center">10% </td> <td align="center">3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 26–27, 2008 </td> <td align="center">643 </td> <td align="center">± 3.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">44% </td> <td align="center">9% </td> <td align="center">2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 6–7, 2008 </td> <td align="center">634 </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td align="center">43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td> <td align="center">3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bennett,_Petts_and_Normington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bennett, Petts and Normington (page does not exist)">Bennett, Petts and Normington</a> (D-DCCC)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">September 29–30, 2008 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>44%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 26–28, 2008 </td> <td align="center">636 </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>44%</b> </td> <td align="center">41% </td> <td align="center">10% </td> <td align="center">6% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_3">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rothenberg_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Rothenberg Political Report">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rothenberg_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rothenberg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 2, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sabato_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sabato-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fcc" data-sort-value="2">Lean R </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-RCP_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCP-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 7, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CQ_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="CQ Politics">CQ Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-CQ_Politics_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ_Politics-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_9">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paulsen won the 2008 race, garnering 48.5% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 3rd Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Erik_Paulsen" title="Erik Paulsen">Erik Paulsen</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>178,932 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ashwin Madia </td> <td style="text-align:right">150,787 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Dillon </td> <td style="text-align:right">38,970 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">415 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>369,104 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_4">District 4</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: District 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 4th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_4" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_4" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Betty_McCollum,_official_portrait,_111th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Betty_McCollum%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="896" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Ed Matthews </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>216,267</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">98,936 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>68.4%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN4_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/MN4_House_2008.svg/300px-MN4_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="420" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/MN4_House_2008.svg/450px-MN4_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/MN4_House_2008.svg/600px-MN4_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="744" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>McCollum:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Matthews:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN04.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/MN04.gif/220px-MN04.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/MN04.gif/330px-MN04.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/MN04.gif/440px-MN04.gif 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 4th congressional district">Minnesota's 4th congressional district</a></div> <p>This district covers most of <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey County</a> including all of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a> and several Saint Paul <a href="/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburbs</a>. Incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a>, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 69.5% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of D+13.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_4">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_10">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_9">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_4">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_11">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_10">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ed Matthews, attorney</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_4">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_4">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_10">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McCollum won the race, garnering 68.4% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 4th Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">Betty McCollum</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>216,267 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ed Matthews </td> <td style="text-align:right">98,936 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">815 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>316,018 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_5">District 5</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: District 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_5" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_5" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keith_Ellison,_official_portrait,_111th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Keith_Ellison%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2026" data-file-height="2700" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFC14E;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Barb Davis White </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Bill McGaughey </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>216,267</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">71,020 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22,318 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>70.9%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.9% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN5_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/MN5_House_2008.svg/300px-MN5_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="450" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/MN5_House_2008.svg/450px-MN5_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/MN5_House_2008.svg/600px-MN5_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="744" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>Ellison:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_House_of_Representatives,_Minnesota_District_5_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png/220px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png/330px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png/440px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_5_map.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 5th congressional district">Minnesota's 5th congressional district</a></div> <p>This district covers eastern <a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Hennepin County">Hennepin County</a>, including the entire city of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis, Minnesota">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a>, along with parts of <a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey</a> counties. Incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a>, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of D+21.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> U.S. Representative from Minnesota as well as the first <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_5">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_12">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_11">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_3">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Gregg A. Iverson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_11">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Keith Ellison </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>33,988 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gregg A. Iverson </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,251 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>40,239 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_5">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_13">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_12">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barb_Davis_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Barb Davis White">Barb Davis White</a>, minister, author, and civil rights activist<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_12">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Barb Davis White </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,284 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,284 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_primary_3">Independence primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Independence primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_14">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_13">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bill McGaughey</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_13">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Independence Party primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill McGaughey </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>828 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>828 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_5">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_5">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_14">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 5th Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>228,776 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barb_Davis_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Barb Davis White">Barb Davis White</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">71,020 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill McGaughey </td> <td style="text-align:right">22,318 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">633 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>322,747 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_6">District 6</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: District 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_6" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michele_Bachmann,_official_portrait,_111th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Michele_Bachmann%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1503" data-file-height="2005" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/MN_IBEW_160_Picnic_-_El_Tinklenberg_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="238" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFC14E;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/El_Tinklenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="El Tinklenberg">El Tinklenberg</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Bob Anderson </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>187,817</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">175,786 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40,643 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>46.4%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">43.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.0% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN6_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MN6_House_2008.svg/300px-MN6_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MN6_House_2008.svg/450px-MN6_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MN6_House_2008.svg/600px-MN6_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="744" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>Bachmann:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#FFB2B2; color:#FFB2B2;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /><b>Tinklenberg:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#A5B0FF; color:#A5B0FF;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /><b>Tie:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d2b1d9; color:#d2b1d9;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ae8bb1; color:#ae8bb1;">    </span> 50%</span><br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#808080; color:#808080;">    </span> No votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN06_109.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MN06_109.png/220px-MN06_109.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MN06_109.png/330px-MN06_109.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MN06_109.png/440px-MN06_109.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 6th congressional district">Minnesota's 6th congressional district</a></div> <p>This district includes most or all of <a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Minnesota" title="Benton County, Minnesota">Benton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherburne_County,_Minnesota" title="Sherburne County, Minnesota">Sherburne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stearns_County,_Minnesota" title="Stearns County, Minnesota">Stearns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wright_County,_Minnesota" title="Wright County, Minnesota">Wright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="Washington County, Minnesota">Washington</a> counties. Incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. She was elected with 50.1% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of R+5.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_6">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bachmann won a hard-fought battle against <a href="/wiki/Patty_Wetterling" title="Patty Wetterling">Patty Wetterling</a> in 2006, with the help of <a href="/wiki/Karl_Rove" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a> campaigning on her behalf<sup id="cite_ref-CP-10-4-06_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CP-10-4-06-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a multimillion-dollar warchest.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_15">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_14">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_4">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aubrey Immelman</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_15">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Michele Bachmann (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>19,127 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>85.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Aubrey Immelman </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,134 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>22,261 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_6">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_16">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_15">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elwyn_Tinklenberg" title="Elwyn Tinklenberg">Elwyn Tinklenberg</a>, former Minnesota Commissioner of Transportation (1999–2002), former Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Minnesota" title="Blaine, Minnesota">Blaine</a>, former Methodist minister and candidate for this seat in <a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election">2006</a><sup id="cite_ref-tinklenberg_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tinklenberg-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_4">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bob Olson, banker, tax lawyer and nominee for this seat in <a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_6" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1994</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_16">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>El Tinklenberg </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,474 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>17,474 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_primary_4">Independence primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: Independence primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_17">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_16">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bob Anderson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_17">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Independence Party primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bob Anderson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>828 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>828 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_6">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Campaign">Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bachmann's charges about <a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann#On_anti-Americanism" title="Michele Bachmann">"anti-American views"</a> shifted the political dynamics of this campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving a lift to Tinklenberg's candidacy and attracting $1.3 million in new contributions, plus $1 million from the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">DNC</a>. At the same time the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">RNC</a> withdrew media buys on behalf of Bachmann.<sup id="cite_ref-Lien_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lien-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_2">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees" title="American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees">American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFSCMEEndorses_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSCMEEndorses-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_2">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll<br />source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Michele<br />Bachmann (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Elwyn<br />Tinklenberg (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />Anderson (IP) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 29–30, 2008 </td> <td align="center">625 </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td align="center">6% </td> <td align="center">3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Public_Radio" title="Minnesota Public Radio">Minnesota Public Radio</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 21–23, 2008 </td> <td align="center">430 </td> <td align="center">± 4.7% </td> <td align="center">43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">5% </td> <td align="center">7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 21–22, 2008 </td> <td align="center">621 </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td align="center">44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>47%</b> </td> <td align="center">6% </td> <td align="center">2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grove_Insight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grove Insight (page does not exist)">Grove Insight</a> (D-DCCC)<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 10–12, 2008 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>42%</b> </td> <td align="center">38% </td> <td align="center">5% </td> <td align="center">15% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_6">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CQ Politics changed its forecast from 'Republican Favored' to 'Leans Republican' on October 20, and then to 'No Clear Favorite' on October 28. The Cook Political Report then rated it as 'Republican Toss Up'.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rothenberg_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Rothenberg Political Report">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rothenberg_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rothenberg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ddf" data-sort-value="-0.9">Tilt D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 2, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sabato_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sabato-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-RCP_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RCP-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 7, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CQ_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="CQ Politics">CQ Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-CQ_Politics_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQ_Politics-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 6, 2008 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_18">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the controversy, Bachmann was re-elected, garnering 46.4% of the vote to Tinklenberg's 43.4% and Anderson's 10%.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>187,817 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Elwyn_Tinklenberg" title="Elwyn Tinklenberg">Elwyn Tinklenberg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">175,786 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFC14E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence Party of Minnesota">Independence</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bob Anderson </td> <td style="text-align:right">40,643 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">479 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>404,725 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_7">District 7</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: District 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 7th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_7" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_7" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collin_Peterson,_official_portrait,_109th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Collin_Peterson%2C_official_portrait%2C_109th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="514" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Glen Menze </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>227,187</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">87,062 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>72.2%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_MN-07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2008_MN-07.png/225px-2008_MN-07.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="520" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2008_MN-07.png/338px-2008_MN-07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2008_MN-07.png/450px-2008_MN-07.png 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="1440" /></a></span><br /><b>Peterson:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#416fcd; color:#416fcd;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3357a2; color:#3357a2;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none" data-switcher-default="">County results</span></div><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN7_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MN7_House_2008.svg/225px-MN7_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="475" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MN7_House_2008.svg/338px-MN7_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MN7_House_2008.svg/450px-MN7_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="673" /></a></span><br /><b>Peterson:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Menze:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#808080; color:#808080;">    </span> No votes</span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Precinct results</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 7th congressional district">Minnesota's 7th congressional district</a></div> <p>This district covers almost all of the western side of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> from the Canada–US border down to <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Minnesota" title="Lincoln County, Minnesota">Lincoln County</a> and is the largest district in the state. Incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a>, who had represented the district since 1991, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 69.7% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of R+6.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_7">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As chairman of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Agriculture">House Agriculture Committee</a>, 9-term DFLer <a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a> is at home in this mostly-agricultural district. Although the district leans Republican, Peterson's social conservatism and farmer/labor DFL values served him well in his district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_18">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_17">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collin_Peterson" title="Collin Peterson">Collin Peterson</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_19">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Collin C. Peterson (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,791 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>21,791 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_7">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_19">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_18">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Glen Menze, accountant and nominee for this seat in <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_7" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2000</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_5">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alan Roebke, farmer and <a href="/wiki/Convicted_felon" class="mw-redirect" title="Convicted felon">convicted felon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_20">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary election<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresults_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-primaryresults-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Glen Menze </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,698 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alan Roebke </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,172 </td> <td style="text-align:right">48.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>14,870 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_7">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_7">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_21">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=115" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 7th Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Collin C. Peterson (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>227,187 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Glen Menze </td> <td style="text-align:right">87,062 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">431 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>314,680 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_8">District 8</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=116" title="Edit section: District 8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Minnesota's 8th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Minnesota_%281983%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="318" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_8" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota#District_8" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0055AA;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg/119px-Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg/179px-Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg/239px-Jim_Oberstar_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="803" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Michael Cummins </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>241,831</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">114,871 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>67.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">32.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MN8_House_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MN8_House_2008.svg/300px-MN8_House_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MN8_House_2008.svg/450px-MN8_House_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MN8_House_2008.svg/600px-MN8_House_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="673" /></a></span><div>Precinct results <br /><b>Oberstar:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0D0596; color:#0D0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Cummins:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#E27F7F; color:#E27F7F;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#D72F30; color:#D72F30;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#C21B18; color:#C21B18;">    </span> 80–90%</span><br /><b>Tie:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ae8bb1; color:#ae8bb1;">    </span> 50%</span><br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#808080; color:#808080;">    </span> No votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_House_of_Representatives,_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif/220px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif/330px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif/440px-United_States_House_of_Representatives%2C_Minnesota_District_8_map.gif 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="363" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Minnesota's 8th congressional district">Minnesota's 8th congressional district</a></div> <p>This district covers the northeastern part of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> and includes <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hibbing,_Minnesota" title="Hibbing, Minnesota">Hibbing</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mesabi_Range" title="Mesabi Range">Mesabi Range</a>. Incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a>, who had represented the district since 1975, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 63.6% of the vote in 2006 and the district had a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">PVI</a> of D+4.<sup id="cite_ref-cpvi_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpvi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_8">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=117" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seventeen-term veteran DFLer, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a> was Minnesota's senior representative. In 2006, former Republican <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Rod_Grams" title="Rod Grams">Rod Grams</a> challenged Oberstar, garnering 34% of the vote. In 2008, 74-year-old Oberstar maintained his popularity among his constituency. The district leaned Democratic owing to the loyalty of miners, loggers, and farmers to the DFL. </p><p>On May 3, 2008, the 8th District <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">DFL</a> endorsed Oberstar for another term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_20">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=118" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_19">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=119" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberstar" title="Jim Oberstar">Jim Oberstar</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_8">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=120" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_21">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=121" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_20">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=122" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michael Cummins, small business owner</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_8">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=123" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_8">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=124" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CQ Politics forecast the race as 'Safe Democratic'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_22">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=125" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota's 8th Congressional district election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-generalresults_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-generalresults-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0055AA;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>James L. Oberstar (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>241,831 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Cummins </td> <td style="text-align:right">114,871 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">582 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>357,284 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#0055AA"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic (DFL)</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&section=126" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2008">United States House of Representatives elections, 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States 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title="1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1881 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1883 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1890 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1894 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1902 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1906 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a 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title="1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1936 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant gubernatorial elections</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1902 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1906 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1914 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1918 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1922 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1926 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1936 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1938 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1944 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1946 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1950 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1954 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1970</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Secretary_of_State" title="Minnesota Secretary of State">Secretary of State elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1857_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1859 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1861 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1863 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1865 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1867 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1869 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1871 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1873 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1875 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1877 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1879 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1881 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1883 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1886 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1888 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1890 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1892 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1894 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1896 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1898 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1900 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1902 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1904 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1906 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1908 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1910 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1912 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1914 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1916 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1918 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1920 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1922 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1924 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1926 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1928 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1930 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1932 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1934 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1936 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1938 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1940 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1942 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1944 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1946 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1948 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1950 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_special_election" title="1952 Minnesota Secretary of State special election">1952 (Sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1952 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1954 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1956 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1958 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1960 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1962 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1966 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1970 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1974 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1978 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1982 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1986 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1990 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1994 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1998 Minnesota Secretary of State election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2002 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2006 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2010 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2018 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Auditor" title="Minnesota State Auditor">State Auditor elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1857_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1857 Minnesota State Auditor election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1860 Minnesota State Auditor election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1863 Minnesota State Auditor election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1866 Minnesota State Auditor election">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1869 Minnesota State Auditor election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1872 Minnesota State Auditor election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1875 Minnesota State Auditor election">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1878 Minnesota State Auditor election">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1881 Minnesota State Auditor election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1886 Minnesota State Auditor election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1890 Minnesota State Auditor election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1894 Minnesota State Auditor election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1898 Minnesota State Auditor election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1902 Minnesota State Auditor election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1906 Minnesota State Auditor election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1910 Minnesota State Auditor election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1914 Minnesota State Auditor election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1918 Minnesota State Auditor election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1922 Minnesota State Auditor election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1926 Minnesota State Auditor election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1930 Minnesota State Auditor election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1934 Minnesota State Auditor election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1938 Minnesota State Auditor election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1942 Minnesota State Auditor election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1946 Minnesota State Auditor election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1950 Minnesota State Auditor election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1954 Minnesota State Auditor election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1958 Minnesota State Auditor election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1962 Minnesota State Auditor election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1966 Minnesota State Auditor election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1970 Minnesota State Auditor election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1974 Minnesota State Auditor election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1978 Minnesota State Auditor election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1982 Minnesota State Auditor election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1986 Minnesota State Auditor election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1990 Minnesota State Auditor election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1994 Minnesota State Auditor election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="1998 Minnesota State Auditor election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2002 Minnesota State Auditor election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2006 Minnesota State Auditor election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2010 Minnesota State Auditor election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2014 Minnesota State Auditor election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2018 Minnesota State Auditor election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_State_Auditor_election" title="2022 Minnesota State Auditor election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Attorney General">Attorney General elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1857_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1857 Minnesota Attorney General election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1859 Minnesota Attorney General election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1861 Minnesota Attorney General election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1863 Minnesota Attorney General election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1865 Minnesota Attorney General election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1867 Minnesota Attorney General election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1869 Minnesota Attorney General election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1871 Minnesota Attorney General election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1873 Minnesota Attorney General election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1875 Minnesota Attorney General election">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1877 Minnesota Attorney General election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1879 Minnesota Attorney General election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1881 Minnesota Attorney General election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1883 Minnesota Attorney General election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1886 Minnesota Attorney General election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1888 Minnesota Attorney General election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1890 Minnesota Attorney General election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1892 Minnesota Attorney General election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1894 Minnesota Attorney General election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1896 Minnesota Attorney General election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1898 Minnesota Attorney General election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1900 Minnesota Attorney General election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1902 Minnesota Attorney General election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1904 Minnesota Attorney General election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1906 Minnesota Attorney General election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1908 Minnesota Attorney General election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1910 Minnesota Attorney General election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1912 Minnesota Attorney General election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1914 Minnesota Attorney General election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1916 Minnesota Attorney General election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1918 Minnesota Attorney General election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1920 Minnesota Attorney General election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1922 Minnesota Attorney General election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1924 Minnesota Attorney General election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1926 Minnesota Attorney General election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1928 Minnesota Attorney General election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1930 Minnesota Attorney General election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1932 Minnesota Attorney General election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1934 Minnesota Attorney General election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1936 Minnesota Attorney General election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1938 Minnesota Attorney General election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1940 Minnesota Attorney General election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1942 Minnesota Attorney General election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1944 Minnesota Attorney General election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1946 Minnesota Attorney General election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1948 Minnesota Attorney General election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1950 Minnesota Attorney General election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1952 Minnesota Attorney General election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1954 Minnesota Attorney General election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1956 Minnesota Attorney General election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1958 Minnesota Attorney General election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1960 Minnesota Attorney General election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1962 Minnesota Attorney General election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1966 Minnesota Attorney General election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1970 Minnesota Attorney General election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1974 Minnesota Attorney General election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1978 Minnesota Attorney General election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1982 Minnesota Attorney General election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1986 Minnesota Attorney General election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1990 Minnesota Attorney General election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1994 Minnesota Attorney General election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="1998 Minnesota Attorney General election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2002 Minnesota Attorney General election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2006 Minnesota Attorney General election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2010 Minnesota Attorney General election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2014 Minnesota Attorney General election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Minnesota Attorney General election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Minnesota Attorney General election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Legislative elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">Senate elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1890 Minnesota Senate election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1894 Minnesota Senate election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1898 Minnesota Senate election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1902 Minnesota Senate election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1906 Minnesota Senate election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1910 Minnesota Senate election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1976 Minnesota Senate election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1980 Minnesota Senate election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1982 Minnesota Senate election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1986 Minnesota Senate election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1990 Minnesota Senate election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1992 Minnesota Senate election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="1996 Minnesota Senate election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2000 Minnesota Senate election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2002 Minnesota Senate election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2006 Minnesota Senate election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2010 Minnesota Senate election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2012 Minnesota Senate election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2016 Minnesota Senate election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2020 Minnesota Senate election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2022 Minnesota Senate election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_Senate_District_45_special_election" title="2024 Minnesota Senate District 45 special election">2024 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2026 Minnesota Senate election">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">House of Representatives elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1910 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1992 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2010 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2016 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Initiatives_and_referendums_in_the_United_States" title="Initiatives and referendums in the United States">Ballot questions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2012 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Amendment_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Amendment 1">Amendment 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Amendment_2" title="Minnesota Amendment 2">Amendment 2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Special elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_Minnesota_Senate" title="List of special elections to the Minnesota Senate">Senate</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="List of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Federal_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal elections</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">Presidential elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1864 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1868 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1872 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1876 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1880 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1884 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1900 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1904 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1916 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1920 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1924 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1972 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States presidential election in Minnesota">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 1</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1869 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1875 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1901 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1905 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1916 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1922 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1934 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1940 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1952 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1958 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1964 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1976 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1978 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1982 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1988 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2024 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 2</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1865 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1871 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1877 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1881 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1883 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1895 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1907 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1913 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1918 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1923 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1923 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1936 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">1942 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1942 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1954 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1960 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1966 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1972 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1984 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1990 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1996 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota">2018 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1849 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1850 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1852 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1854 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="1856 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota Territory">1856 (Terr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1857 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" title="1859 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1929 Minnesota's 5th congressional district special election">1929, 5th (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1929 Minnesota's 7th congressional district special election">1929, 7th (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Minnesota" title="1932 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Minnesota%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1977 Minnesota's 7th congressional district special election">1977, 7th (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election">2006 (5th)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Minnesota%27s_6th_congressional_district_election" title="2006 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election">2006 (6th)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Municipal_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Municipal elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Law_and_government_of_Minneapolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Law and government of Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Minneapolis_municipal_election" title="2005 Minneapolis municipal election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Minneapolis_municipal_election" title="2009 Minneapolis municipal election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Minneapolis_municipal_election" title="2013 Minneapolis municipal election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minneapolis_municipal_election" title="2017 Minneapolis municipal election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Minneapolis_municipal_election" title="2021 Minneapolis municipal election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis" title="List of mayors of Minneapolis">Mayoral elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 Minneapolis mayoral election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2009 Minneapolis mayoral election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2013 Minneapolis mayoral election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2017 Minneapolis mayoral election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Minneapolis_mayoral_election" title="2021 Minneapolis mayoral election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_City_Council" title="Minneapolis City Council">City Council elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2005 Minneapolis City Council election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2009 Minneapolis City Council election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2013 Minneapolis City Council election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2017 Minneapolis City Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2021 Minneapolis City Council election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Minneapolis_City_Council_election" title="2023 Minneapolis City Council election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_and_politics_in_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Government and politics in Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Mayoral_elections" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota">Mayoral elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Saint_Paul_mayoral_election" title="2001 Saint Paul mayoral election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Saint_Paul_mayoral_election" title="2005 Saint Paul mayoral election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Saint_Paul_mayoral_election" title="2009 Saint Paul mayoral election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Saint_Paul_mayoral_election" title="2013 Saint Paul mayoral election">2013</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2008 United States presidential election in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Georgia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Hawaii" title="2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Idaho" title="2008 United States presidential election in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States presidential election in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Indiana" title="2008 United States presidential election in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Iowa" title="2008 United States presidential election in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kansas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maine" title="2008 United States presidential election in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2008 United States presidential election in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2008 United States presidential election in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri" title="2008 United States presidential election in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Montana" title="2008 United States presidential election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Nevada" title="2008 United States presidential election in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Hampshire" title="2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2008 United States presidential election in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_York" title="2008 United States presidential election in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Ohio" title="2008 United States presidential election in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oklahoma" title="2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon" title="2008 United States presidential election in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island" title="2008 United States presidential election in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2008 United States presidential election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Utah" title="2008 United States presidential election in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont" title="2008 United States presidential election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Washington_(state)" title="2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wyoming" title="2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_straw_poll_in_Guam" title="2008 United States presidential straw poll in Guam">Guam</a> (straw poll)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2008 United States Senate elections">U.S. Senate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" title="2008 United States Senate election in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska" title="2008 United States Senate election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" title="2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado" title="2008 United States Senate election in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2008 United States Senate election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Shadow_Senator_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2008 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia (shadow)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Idaho" title="2008 United States Senate election in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States Senate election in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa" title="2008 United States Senate election in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="2008 United States Senate election in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" title="2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States Senate election in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine" title="2008 United States Senate election in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan" title="2008 United States Senate election in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">Mississippi (special)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2008 United States Senate election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States Senate election in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" title="2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oklahoma" title="2008 United States Senate election in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon" title="2008 United States Senate election in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" title="2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" title="2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States Senate election in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wyoming" title="2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wyoming" title="2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming">Wyoming (special)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections">U.S. House</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_ratings" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election ratings">election<br />ratings</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Alabama" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Alaska" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arizona" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arkansas" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in California">California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_California%27s_12th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 California's 12th congressional district special election">12th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Colorado" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Connecticut" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Delaware" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li>District of Columbia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia">delegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Shadow_Representative_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2008 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia">shadow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Guam" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Hawaii" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Idaho" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">Illinois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election">14th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana">Indiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indiana%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Indiana's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Iowa" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kansas" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kentucky" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Louisiana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Louisiana%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Louisiana's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Louisiana%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Louisiana's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maine" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maryland" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland">Maryland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Maryland%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi">Mississippi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mississippi%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Mississippi's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Montana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nebraska" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nevada" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Jersey" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Mexico" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">Ohio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Ohio%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election">11th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2008 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Rhode_Island" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Washington" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_West_Virginia" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Wyoming" title="2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2008 United States gubernatorial elections">Governors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Delaware_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Delaware gubernatorial election">Delaware</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Delaware_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Indiana gubernatorial election">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Missouri_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Missouri gubernatorial election">Missouri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Missouri_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Montana_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Montana gubernatorial election">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 New Hampshire gubernatorial election">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Dakota_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2008 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Utah_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Utah gubernatorial election">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Vermont gubernatorial election">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Washington_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 Washington gubernatorial election">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election">West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:2008_United_States_Attorney_General_elections" title="Category:2008 United States Attorney General elections">Attorneys<br />General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 North Carolina Attorney General election">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 Pennsylvania Attorney General election">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Washington_Attorney_General_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Washington Attorney General election">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Ohio_Attorney_General_special_election" title="2008 Ohio Attorney General special election">Ohio (special)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />statewide<br />elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_Auditor_General_election" title="2008 Pennsylvania Auditor General election">Auditor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_State_Treasurer_election" title="2008 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election">Treasurer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Washington_Secretary_of_State_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Washington Secretary of State election">Secretary of State</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_election" title="2008 Wisconsin Supreme Court election">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2008 United States state legislative elections">State<br />legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Arizona_Senate_election" title="2008 Arizona Senate election">Arizona Senate</a></li> <li>California <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2008 California State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_California_State_Senate_election" title="2008 California State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Connecticut_State_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Connecticut State Senate election">Connecticut Senate</a></li> <li>Delaware <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Delaware_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Delaware House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Delaware_Senate_election" title="2008 Delaware Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Iowa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Iowa_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Iowa House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Iowa_Senate_election" title="2008 Iowa Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Massachusetts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Massachusetts_Senate_election" title="2008 Massachusetts Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Michigan House of Representatives election">Michigan House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election">Minnesota House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Montana_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Montana House of Representatives election">Montana House</a></li> <li>New Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 New Mexico House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Mexico_Senate_election" title="2008 New Mexico Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_New_York_State_Assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 New York State Assembly election">New York Assembly</a></li> <li>North Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 North Carolina House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Senate_election" title="2008 North Carolina Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_Senate_election" title="2008 Pennsylvania Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_Senate_election" title="2008 South Carolina Senate election">Senate</a></li> <li>Texas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Texas_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Texas House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Texas_Senate_election" title="2008 Texas Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington (state) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Washington_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Washington House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Washington_State_Senate_election" title="2008 Washington State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_West_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2008 West Virginia Senate election">West Virginia Senate</a></li> <li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_State_Assembly_election" title="2008 Wisconsin State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2008 Wisconsin Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wyoming <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wyoming_Senate_election" title="2008 Wyoming Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_elections" title="2008 United States elections">Mayors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Augusta_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Augusta mayoral election (page does not exist)">Augusta, <abbr title="Georgia">GA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Bakersfield,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Bakersfield, California mayoral election">Bakersfield, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Baton_Rouge_mayoral_election" title="2008 Baton Rouge mayoral election">Baton Rouge, <abbr title="Louisiana">LA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Fresno_mayoral_election" title="2008 Fresno mayoral election">Fresno, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Honolulu_mayoral_election" title="2008 Honolulu mayoral election">Honolulu, <abbr title="Hawaii">HI</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Irvine_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Irvine mayoral election">Irvine, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mesa_mayoral_election" title="2008 Mesa mayoral election">Mesa, <abbr title="Arizona">AZ</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Milwaukee_mayoral_election" title="2008 Milwaukee mayoral election">Milwaukee, <abbr title="Wisconsin">WI</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Orlando_mayoral_election" title="2008 Orlando mayoral election">Orlando, <abbr title="Florida">FL</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Portland,_Oregon_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Portland, Oregon mayoral election">Portland, <abbr title="Oregon">OR</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Sacramento_mayoral_election" title="2008 Sacramento mayoral election">Sacramento, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_San_Diego_mayoral_election" title="2008 San Diego mayoral election">San Diego, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election">San Juan, <abbr title="Puerto Rico">PR</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Santa_Ana,_California#2008" title="Mayoral elections in Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Stockton,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Stockton, California mayoral election">Stockton, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Virginia_Beach_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Virginia Beach mayoral election">Virginia Beach, <abbr title="Virginia">VA</abbr></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:2008_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:2008 elections in the United States">States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Alabama_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Alabama elections (page does not exist)">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Alaska_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Alaska elections (page does not exist)">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Arizona_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Arizona elections (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Arkansas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Arkansas elections (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_California_elections" title="2008 California elections">California</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Colorado_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Colorado elections (page does not exist)">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Connecticut_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Connecticut elections (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Delaware_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Delaware elections (page does not exist)">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Florida_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Florida elections (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Georgia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Georgia elections (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Guamanian_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Guamanian general election">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Hawaii_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Hawaii elections (page does not exist)">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Idaho_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Idaho elections (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_elections" title="2008 Illinois elections">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indiana_elections" title="2008 Indiana elections">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Iowa_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Iowa elections (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kansas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Kansas elections (page does not exist)">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kentucky_elections" title="2008 Kentucky elections">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Louisiana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Louisiana elections (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Maine_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Maine elections (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Maryland_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Maryland elections (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Massachusetts_elections" title="2008 Massachusetts elections">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Michigan_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Michigan elections (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Minnesota_elections" title="2008 Minnesota elections">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Mississippi_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Mississippi elections (page does not exist)">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Missouri_elections" title="2008 Missouri elections">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Montana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Montana elections (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nebraska_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Nebraska elections (page does not exist)">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nevada_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Nevada elections (page does not exist)">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_New_Hampshire_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 New Hampshire elections (page does not exist)">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_New_Jersey_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 New Jersey elections (page does not exist)">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/2008_Oregon_state_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Oregon state elections">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Pennsylvania_elections" title="2008 Pennsylvania elections">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2008 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Rhode_Island_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Rhode Island elections (page does not exist)">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_elections" title="2008 South Carolina elections">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_South_Dakota_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 South Dakota elections (page does not exist)">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Tennessee_elections" title="2008 Tennessee elections">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Texas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 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