2014 Minnesota general election

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Ageneral election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 4, 2014. All of Minnesota's executive officers were up for election as well as all the seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives, several state judicial seats, aUnited States Senate seat, all of Minnesota'seight seats in theUnited States House of Representatives, and several seats for local offices. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, to nominate major political party candidates for partisan offices and candidates for nonpartisan offices.

IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–LaborGovernorMark Dayton sought re-election. Other candidates includedRepublicanHennepin County CommissionerJeff Johnson,^[1] Hannah Nicollet of theIndependence Party,^[2] Chris Wright of theGrassroots Party, andLibertarian Chris Holbrook.^[3] Republicans Merrill Anderson, Scott Honour, former stateHouse Minority LeaderMarty Seifert, former stateHouse SpeakerKurt Zellers, and Democrats Bill Dahn and Leslie Davis were defeated in the primary election.^[4][5] RepublicansSt. Louis County Commissioner Rob Farnsworth and state SenatorDave Thompson withdrew after failing to win their party's endorsement at the Republican state convention.^[6] Dayton was re-elected to a second term.

IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–LaborAttorney GeneralLori Swanson sought re-election.^[7] Other candidates includedRepublican state SenatorScott Newman,^[8] Brandan Borgos of theIndependence Party,^[9]Libertarian Mary O'Connor, former DFL state RepresentativeAndy Dawkins of theGreen Party,^[10] andDan Vacek running under the label "Legal Marijuana Now."^[3] Republican Sharon Anderson was defeated in the primary election.^[11] Swanson was re-elected to a third term.

IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–LaborSecretary of StateMark Ritchie announced on June 4, 2013, that he would not seek re-election.^[12] Candidates that sought election includeDFL state RepresentativeSteve Simon,^[13] formerRepublican state RepresentativeDan Severson,^[14] Bob Helland of theIndependence Party,^[15] andLibertarian Bob Odden.^[3] Democrats Dick Franson and Gregg Iverson, and David Singleton of the Independence Party were defeated in the primary election.^[16] Democrats Rachel Bohman^[17] and former state RepresentativeJeremy Kalin^[18] withdrew in 2013 several months following their announcements. Republican Dennis Nguyen withdrew in mid-March 2014 following reports of an alleged strip club visit.^[19] DFL state RepresentativeDebra Hilstrom^[20] and former Republican state SenatorJohn Howe^[21] withdrew after failing to win their party's endorsement at their party's state convention. Simon was elected.

IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–LaborState AuditorRebecca Otto announced on August 20, 2013, that she would seek re-election.^[7] Other candidates includedRepublican Randy Gilbert,^[22] Pat Dean of theIndependence Party,^[15] Judith Schwartzbacker of theGrassroots Party, andLibertarian Keegan Iversen.^[3] Former DFL stateHouse Minority LeaderMatt Entenza was defeated in the primary election.^[23] Otto was re-elected to a third term.

All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives were up for election. TheRepublican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats.

Minnesota Supreme Court justicesWilhelmina Wright andDavid Lillehaug sought election to six-year terms following their respective appointments in 2012 and 2013 byGovernorMark Dayton. Several seats on theMinnesota Court of Appeals and theMinnesota District Courts were up for election as well.^[24] Both Wright and Lillehaug were elected.

IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–Labor SenatorAl Franken sought re-election. Other candidates includedRepublicanMike McFadden,^[25] Steve Carlson of theIndependence Party,^[26] andLibertarian Heather Johnson.^[27] Republicans state RepresentativeJim Abeler,^[28] David Carlson, Patrick Munro, and Ole Savior; Democrat Sandra Henningsgard; and Tom Books, Jack Shepard, Kevin Terrell,^[26] and Stephen Williams of the Independence Party were defeated in the primary election.^[29] Republicans Chris Dahlberg,^[30] Monti Moreno,^[31] state SenatorJulianne Ortman,^[32] and Phillip Parrish^[33] withdrew after failing to win their party's endorsement at the Republican state convention. Franken was re-elected to a second term.

All of Minnesota'seight seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election. No political party gained or lost seats.

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