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All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2006 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 7, 2006, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the85th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 12, 2006.
TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating theRepublican Party of Minnesota, which had a majority since defeating the DFL in the1998 election. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2007.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Rothenberg[1] | Tossup | November 4, 2006 |
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 132 | 1,169,298 | 54.86 |  3.66 | 85 | 19 | 63.43 | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 131 | 947,138 | 44.44 |  2.35 | 49 | 19 | 36.57 | |
| Independence Party of Minnesota | 9 | 6,648 | 0.31 | 0.74 | 0 |  | 0.00 | |
| Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,671 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0 | | 0.00 | |
| Independent | 1 | 555 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0 | | 0.00 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 5,048 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0 | | 0.00 | |
| Total | 2,131,358 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 86,460 | 3.90 |  1.20 | |||||
| Turnout (out of 3,667,707 eligible voters)[2] | 2,217,818 | 60.47 | 18.30 | |||||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4] | ||||||||
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