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All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 2, 2004, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the84th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 2004.
TheRepublican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by theMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 4, 2005.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Rothenberg[1] | Safe R | October 1, 2004 |
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 133 | 1,262,423 | 46.79 | 68 | 50.75 | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 133 | 1,381,412 | 51.20 | 66 | 49.25 | |||
| Independence Party of Minnesota | 21 | 28,274 | 1.05 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Green Party of Minnesota | 7 | 8,452 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 1 | 574 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Independent | 2 | 12,346 | 0.46 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Write-in | N/A | 4,411 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total | 2,697,892 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 145,020 | 5.10 | ||||||
| Turnout (out of 3,609,185 eligible voters)[2] | 2,842,912 | 78.77 | ||||||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[3] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[4] | ||||||||