Except forDFLerDavid Minge of the2nd congressional district, all other House incumbents from Minnesota who stood for reelection were reelected. Minge's seat came under the control of theRepublican Party of Minnesota as a result of the 2000 election. DFL incumbentBruce Vento of the4th congressional district died in office less than a month prior to the election; however, he was not seeking reelection, and the DFL nominee running for election to replace him,Betty McCollum, was able to keep the seat in the DFL's hands.
IncumbentDFLerDavid Minge, who was first elected in1992, ran againstMark Kennedy of theRepublican Party, Gerald W. Brekke of theIndependence Party, Ron Helwig of theLibertarian Party, and Dennis A. Burda of theConstitution Party. Kennedy dashed Minge's hopes for a fifth term, defeating the incumbent by a razor-thin margin of six one hundredths of one percent of the vote, while Brekke finished a very distant third, and Helwig and Burda, respectively, finished an even more distant fourth and fifth.
IncumbentRepublicanJim Ramstad, who was first elected in1990, faced off against Sue Shuff of theDFL, Bob Odden of theLibertarian Party, and Arne Niska of theConstitution Party. Ramstad had no difficulty winning a sixth term in Congress, as he defeated Shuff by a 37.79 percent margin, while Odden finished a distant third and Niska finished slightly behind Odden.
IncumbentDFLerBruce Vento died in office on October 10, 2000, less than a month before the election. However, as Vento was not seeking reelection, it was not necessary for any special election to be held or for the DFL to select another candidate.Betty McCollum had been selected in the DFL primary to seek election to replace Vento. Opposing McCollum wereLinda Runbeck of theRepublican Party, Tom Foley of theIndependence Party, and Nicholas Skrivanek of theConstitution Party.
McCollum did not face any great difficulty keeping the seat (which represented a very liberal population centered aroundSt. Paul) in DFL hands. McCollum defeated Runbeck by a margin of more than 17 percent of the vote. Due to a surprisingly strong showing by Foley (who finished about 10 percent behind Runbeck), McCollum was able to win by such a large margin while simultaneously failing to secure a majority of the vote.
IncumbentDFLerMartin Sabo, who was first elected in1978, faced absolutely no difficulty in winning his 12th term as the representative of the very liberal5th congressional district, which was centered aroundMinneapolis. Although he was faced, in the general election, with a very crowded field of challengers, Sabo was able to win over 69 percent of the vote, and defeated second-placeRepublican Frank Taylor by an overwhelming 46.42 percent margin.
IncumbentDemocratBill Luther, who was first elected as the U.S. representative from the6th congressional district in1994, faced an extremely close challenge in 2000. Luther won reelection for his fourth term in Congress by a razor-thin margin, defeatingRepublican challengerJohn Kline by a margin of just 1.53 percent of the vote.
IncumbentDFLerCollin Peterson, who was first elected in1990, faced no difficulty winning his sixth term in Congress, defeatingRepublican challenger Glen Menze by a landslide 39.41 percent margin.
IncumbentDFLerJim Oberstar, who was first elected in1974, had no difficulty winning his 14th term in Congress, defeatingRepublican challenger Bob Lemen by a margin of more than 42 percent.
District results
County results
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