2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Melissa Hortman Kurt Daudt Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since January 3, 2017 January 8, 2013 Leader's seat 34B[a]–Brooklyn Park 27B[b]–Crown Last election 70 seats, 51.06% 64 seats, 48.17% Seats won 70 64 Seat change Popular vote 1,237,520 1,173,659 Percentage 50.91% 48.29% Swing 0.15 pp 0.12 pp
Results by winning party vote share Results by gains and holds
Speaker before election Melissa Hortman Democratic (DFL) ElectedSpeaker Melissa Hortman Democratic (DFL)

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The2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 8, 2022, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election coincided with theelection of the other chamber of theLegislature, theSenate.

Democrats (DFL) retained all of their seats, keeping their majority of 70 out of 134 seats.^[1] This happened simultaneously with gains in the state senate, giving the DFL control of that chamber for the first time since 2012, and GovernorTim Walz winning re-election. The DFL won atrifecta in the state for the first time since 2012.^[1]

As a result of the 2020 election, the DFL maintained control of the House, albeit with a reduced seat majority. Republicans maintained control of the senate, making Minnesota and Alaska the only US states with split control of the legislature.

Over the past several election cycles, the DFL had lost ground inIron Range districts to the Republicans. The first sign was the surprise defeat of long-time DFLerJim Oberstar toTea Party RepublicanChip Cravaack in the2010 midterm election, but it was the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections that saw the largest swings. Iron Range DFL House candidates have narrowly won their seats, but typically by only small margins in districts that used to be safe DFL. For example, DFL Rep. Julie Sandstede of Hibbing was elected by just 30 votes, after winning by more than 4,300 votes in 2018. The five tossup districts which are a part of the Iron Range–3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, and 11A–may determine which party controls the chamber in future elections.^[2]

The 134 members of the House of Representatives were elected fromsingle-member districts viafirst-past-the-post voting for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic-Farmer-Labor,Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis,Legal Marijuana Now, and Republican) for each district were determined by anopen primary election. Minor party andindependent candidates were nominated by petition.Write-in candidates were required to file a request with thesecretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period lasted from May 17, 2022, until May 31, 2022.^[3]

• Paul Marquart, 4B^[4]
• Jennifer Schultz, 7A (ran forMinnesota's 8th U.S. Congressional District)
• Mike Sundin, 11A^[5]
• Todd Lippert, 20B^[6]
• Liz Boldon, 25B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Kelly Morrison, 33B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Ami Wazlawik, 38B^[8]
• Shelly Christensen, 39B^[9]
• Connie Bernardy, 41A^[10]
• Ryan Winkler, 46A (ran forHennepin County Attorney)^[11]
• Tou Xiong, 53A (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Steve Sandell, 53B^[12]
• Jim Davnie, 63A^[13]
• Rena Moran, 65A (ran forRamsey County Commissioner)^[14]
• Carlos Mariani, 65B^[15]
• Alice Hausman, 66A^[7]

• Steve Green, 2B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Jordan Rasmusson, 8A (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• John Poston, 9A^[16]
• Dale Lueck, 10B^[7]
• Tama Theis, 14A (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Sondra Erickson, 15A^[17]
• Tim Miller, 17A^[18]
• Glenn Gruenhagen, 18B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Barb Haley, 21A (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Steve Drazkowski, 21B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Rod Hamilton, 22B^[19]
• Jeremy Munson, 23B (ran forMinnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District)^[20]
• Nels Pierson, 26B (ran forMinnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District)^[21]
• Eric Lucero, 30B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Cal Bahr, 31B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Bob Dettmer, 39A^[22]
• Tony Jurgens, 54B (seeking Senate seat)^[7]
• Tony Albright, 55B^[7]

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	+/−	No.	+/−	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	130	1,237,520	50.91	-0.15	70	0	52.24
	Republican Party of Minnesota	122	1,173,659	48.29	+0.12	64	0	47.76
	Independence–Alliance Party of Minnesota	1	4,422	0.18	+0.18	0	0	0
	Legal Marijuana Now Party	4	3,851	0.16	-0.12	0	0	0
	Independent	1	2,158	0.08	+0.08	0	0	0
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	1	785	0.03	+0.03	0	0	0
	Write-in	N/A	8,178	0.34	-0.13	0	0	0
Total			2,430,571	100	N/A	134	N/A	100
Invalid/blank votes
Total
Registered voters/turnout
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State[25]

There were 25 districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

A primary election was held in 20 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. Twelve Republican nominations and eight DFL nominations were contested. Eight incumbents were opposed for their party's nomination. DFL incumbentsJohn Thompson (67A) andAndrew Carlson (50B), who was running against fellow incumbentSteve Elkins, were not renominated.

Source:Minnesota Secretary of State^[25]

Incumbent RepublicanJohn Burkel was first elected in 2020. District 1A is located in northwestern Minnesota covering the northernmost portions of theRed River Valley. Large cities in the district areRoseau,Thief River Falls, andWarren.

Incumbent RepublicanDebra Kiel was first elected in 2010. District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includesEast Grand Forks,Crookston, andRed Lake Falls.

Incumbent RepublicanMatt Grossell was first elected in 2016. District 2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south asBemidji and as far north as theNorthwest Angle.

Incumbent RepublicanMatt Bliss was elected in the 2020 election. Bliss previously represented District 5A from 2017 to 2019, but lost toJohn Persell by 11 votes in the2018 election. District 2B is located in north-central Minnesota.

Incumbent DFLerRob Ecklund was first elected in a2015 special election. District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of theIron Range and the northernArrowhead Region. Cities in the 3A district includeInternational Falls,Ely,Silver Bay, andGrand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.

Incumbent DFLerMary Murphy was first elected in 1976. She had represented District 3B since 2012. District 3B surrounds the city of Duluth.

Incumbent DFLerHeather Keeler was first elected in the 2020 election. District 4A covers most of the city ofMoorhead.

Incumbent DFLerPaul Marquart, who was first elected in 2000, chose not run for re-election. The district, located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounds the city ofMoorhead and includesGlyndon andDetroit Lakes.

District 5A is located in north central Minnesota. The largest city in 5A isPark Rapids.

District 5B is the only district in which the Independence Party of Minnesota fielded a candidate. The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all ofTodd County plus portions ofMorrison,Cass, andWadena counties.

District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches fromGrand Rapids toGarrison.

Incumbent RepublicanJosh Heintzeman was first elected in 2014. District 6B's largest city isBrainerd.

Newly created District 7A had two incumbents: DFLerJulie Sandstede, first elected in 2016, and RepublicanSpencer Igo, first elected in 2020.

Incumbent DFLerDave Lislegard was first elected in 2018.

Incumbent DFLerLiz Olson was first elected in 2018. District 8A covers the southwestern portion of the city ofDuluth.

Incumbent DFLerJennifer Schultz, who was first elected in 2014, instead ran forMinnesota's 8th congressional district.

Incumbent RepublicanJeff Backer was first elected in 2014.

Incumbent RepublicanAnne Neu Brindley ran for re-election. District 28B covers the southern portion ofChisago County and includes the cities ofLindström,Chisago City, andStacy, as well as the eastern part ofNorth Branch.

In theDFL primary for District 50B, incumbent Steve Elkins (formerly representing District 49B) defeated fellow incumbent Andrew Carlson (of the old District 50B) with over 60% of the vote.