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Republicans narrowly maintained their majority in the Minnesota House in the 2004 election, squeaking through with a one-vote margin. Democrats picked up 13 seats, including five held by Republican committee chairs. If you are a candidate or candidate's representative, please fill out our Legislative Voter's Guide form to have the candidate's profile included in this list. |
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| DISTRICT | CANDIDATE | PARTY | PROFILE | VOTES | VOTE% |
| 1A | Maxine Penas (i) |
GOP | Profile | 11,202 | 62.0% |
| Valerie Solem | DFL | Profile | 6,865 | 38.0% | |
| 1B 10-term incumbent Bernie Lieder is challenged by farmer Kiel. |
Lonn Kiel | GOP | Profile | 8,562 | 47.1% |
| Bernard Lieder (i) |
DFL | Profile | 9,596 | 52.8% | |
| 2A Eken is a 1st term DFLer challenged by Republican with name recognition as mayor of Ada. (Race profile) |
Bernhard Kent Eken (i) |
DFL | 10,939 | 59% | |
| Jim Ellefson | GOP | 7,595 | 41% | ||
| 2B | Doug Lindgren (i) | GOP | 9,652 | 49% | |
| Brita Sailer |
DFL | 9,988 | 51% | ||
| 3A | Irv Anderson (i) |
DFL | 14,340 | 77% | |
| Bill Hamm | IP | 4,297 | 23% | ||
| 3B | Douglas Aitken | GOP | Profile | 9,254 | 45% |
| Loren Solberg (i) |
DFL | Profile | 11,364 | 55% | |
| 4A (Race profile) |
Doug Fuller (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,844 | 45% |
| Frank Moe |
DFL | Profile | 10,233 | 53% | |
| Adam Steele | IP | Profile | 405 | 2% | |
| 4B | Larry Howes (i) |
GOP | 12,801 | 57% | |
| Carl Samuelson | DFL | Profile | 9,712 | 43% | |
| 5A | Tom Rukavina (i) |
DFL | Profile | 16,237 | 76% |
| Gerald Williams | GOP | 4,978 | 23% | ||
| 5B | Anthony Sertich(i) |
DFL | 14,999 | 73% | |
| John Spanish | IP | 732 | 4% | ||
| Allen Thomsen | GOP | 4,683 | 23% | ||
| 6A Dill faces allegations of campaign finance violations, but showed strength in defeating primary opponent. |
Marty Breaker | GOP | 6,197 | 28% | |
| David Dill (i) |
DFL | 15,487 | 69% | ||
| 6B | Mary Murphy (i) |
DFL | 15,538 | 71% | |
| Dale Brodin | GOP | 6,368 | 29% | ||
| 7A | Thomas Huntley (i) |
DFL | 14,863 | 66% | |
| Steve Peterson | GOP | 7,677 | 34% | ||
| 7B | Mike Jaros (i) |
DFL | Profile | 14,677 | 77% |
| Tim Marczak | GOP | 4,259 | 22% | ||
| 8A | Bill Hilty (i) |
DFL | Profile | 13,533 | 68% |
| Uriah Wilkinson | GOP | 6,458 | 32% | ||
| 8B Soderstrom won with 49.7% of the vote in 2002. |
Tim Faust | DFL | 9,904 | 49.6% | |
| Judy Soderstrom (i) |
GOP | 9,998 | 50.1% | ||
| 9A A battle with a Green candidate, a popular former mayor, and a city council member (Race profile) |
Wade Hannon | GRN | Profile | 527 | 3% |
| Morrie Lanning (i) |
GOP | 10,384 | 55% | ||
| Lauri Winterfeldt-Shanks | DFL | Profile | 7,899 | 42% | |
| 9B | Paul Marquart (i) |
DFL | Profile | 14,113 | 71% |
| Tim Sycks | GOP | Profile | 5,856 | 29% | |
| 10A | Bud Nornes (i) |
GOP | Profile | 12,032 | 60% |
| Maryjane Westra | DFL | Profile | 7,933 | 40% | |
| 10B | James A. Adamietz | DFL | 6,811 | 36% | |
| Dean Simpson (i) |
GOP | 12,273 | 64% | ||
| 11A | Glenn Kuehne | GRN | Profile | 499 | 2% |
| Torrey Westrom (i) |
GOP | 12,689 | 59% | ||
| Larry Zilliox | DFL | 8,266 | 38% | ||
| 11B | Marlene Clark | GOP | 7,648 | 38% | |
| Mary Ellen Otremba (i) |
DFL | 12,291 | 62% | ||
| 12A An open seat in Brainerd with the retirement of GOP Dale Walz (Race profile) |
Larry Anderson | IP | 713 | 4% | |
| Paul Gazelka |
GOP | 10,144 | 50% | ||
| Don Samuelson | DFL | 9,417 | 46% | ||
| 12B | Bob Keeton | DFL | 7,430 | 38% | |
| Greg Blaine (i) |
GOP | 9,933 | 50% | ||
| Al Doty | IP | 2,460 | 12% | ||
| 13A | Bud Heidgerken (i) |
GOP | Profile | 13,297 | 67% |
| Bruce Shuck | DFL | Profile | 6,535 | 33% | |
| 13B |
Al Juhnke (i) |
DFL | 9,856 | 53% | |
| Bonnie Wilhelm | GOP | Profile | 8,882 | 47% | |
| 14A | Kent Nelson | DFL | Profile | 8,003 | 38% |
| Dan Severson (i) |
GOP | Profile | 13,070 | 62% | |
| 14B | Larry Hosch |
DFL | 11,054 | 52% | |
| Jim Derose | GOP | 10,174 | 48% | ||
| 15A | Jim Knoblach (i) |
GOP | 13,883 | 63% | |
| Anne Nolan | DFL | Profile | 8,232 | 37% | |
| 15B | Joe Opatz (i) |
DFL | 10,855 | 64% | |
| Randall Olson | GOP | 6,186 | 36% | ||
| 16A (Race profile) |
Sondra Erickson (i) |
GOP | Profile | 11,398 | 54% |
| Gail Kulick Jackson | DFL | Profile | 9,591 | 46% | |
| 16B | Jim Huhtala | DFL | Profile | 8,871 | 38% |
| Mark Olson (i) |
GOP | 14,285 | 62% | ||
| 17A | Rob Eastlund (i) |
GOP | 11,804 | 53% | |
| Pat Sundberg | DFL | 10,460 | 47% | ||
| 17B | Jeremy Kalin | DFL | 10,711 | 44% | |
| Pete Nelson (i) |
GOP | 12,701 | 53% | ||
| P.J. Richardson | IP | 794 | 3% | ||
| 18A | Scott Newman (i) |
GOP | 10,587 | 57% | |
| Kevin Johnson | DFL | 8,008 | 43% | ||
| 18B | David Detert | DFL | 8,759 | 44% | |
| Dean Urdahl (i) |
GOP | 11,079 | 56% | ||
| 19A | Bruce Anderson (i) |
GOP | 12,772 | 58% | |
| Geoffrey Tenney | DFL | 9,072 | 42% | ||
| 19B KEY RACE An open seat held by a one-term Republican. Schmidt lost by just 2% in 2002. |
Tom Emmer |
GOP | Profile | 15,328 | 60% |
| Lori Schmidt | DFL | Profile | 10,171 | 40% | |
| 20A Is the first term incumbent vulnerable in a socially conservative district? |
Aaron Peterson (i) |
DFL | 10,330 | 55% | |
| Jeff Moen | GOP | 8,316 | 45% | ||
| 20B It was a tight race last time; 225 votes. |
Colin Berg | GOP | Profile | 8,515 | 46% |
| Lyle Koenen (i) |
DFL | Profile | 9,812 | 54% | |
| 21A | Pat Mellenthin | DFL | Profile | 7,085 | 39% |
| Marty Seifert (i) |
GOP | 10,933 | 61% | ||
| 21B | Joe Eckstein | DFL | 7,395 | 40% | |
| Brad Finstad (i) |
GOP | 10,904 | 60% | ||
| 22A | Doug Magnus (i) |
GOP | 10,607 | 57% | |
| Kathryn Ness | DFL | Profile | 7,955 | 43% | |
| 22B (Race profile) |
Rod Hamilton |
GOP | 8,970 | 51% | |
| Richard Peterson | DFL | 8,648 | 49% | ||
| 23A | Howard Swenson (i) | GOP | 9,618 | 46% | |
| Ruth Johnson |
DFL | 10,372 | 50% | ||
| Lance Bennett | IP | 908 | 4% | ||
| 23B | John Dorn (i) |
DFL | 11,721 | 56% | |
| Louise Dickmeyer | GOP | 9,095 | 44% | ||
| 24A | Bob Gunther (i) |
GOP | 11,466 | 63% | |
| John Gibeau | DFL | Profile | 6,765 | 37% | |
| 24B | Terry Clodfelter | DFL | 8,172 | 40% | |
| Tony Cornish (i) |
GOP | 12,416 | 60% | ||
| 25A Republican Brod won with 46% of the vote. |
Laura Brod (i) |
GOP | 12,483 | 61% | |
| Bruce Bjork | DFL | 7,879 | 39% | ||
| 25B Already proving to be a close and contentious race. Cox won by 46 votes in 2002. |
David Bly | DFL | Profile | 10,847 | 49% |
| Ray Cox (i) |
GOP | Profile | 11,433 | 51% | |
| 26A | Kathleen Muellerleile | DFL | 8,797 | 45% | |
| Connie Ruth (i) |
GOP | 10,583 | 55% | ||
| 26B | Michael Corbin | IP | Profile | 795 | 5% |
| Lynda Boudreau (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,287 | 46.7% | |
| Patti Fritz |
DFL | 8,634 | 48.7% | ||
| 27A | Dan Dorman (i) |
GOP | 11,014 | 56% | |
| Jerald Kaphers | DFL | 7,343 | 37% | ||
| Keith Porter Sr. | IP | 1,325 | 7% | ||
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe |
DFL | 9,776 | 52% | |
| Jeff Anderson (i) | GOP | 9,162 | 48% | ||
| 28A | Sandy Wollschlager | DFL | 9,380 | 46% | |
| Jerry Dempsey (i) |
GOP | 10,821 | 54% | ||
| 28B | Scott Metcalf | DFL | 7,137 | 35% | |
| Steve Sviggum (i) |
GOP | 12,986 | 65% | ||
| 29A | Randy Demmer (i) |
GOP | 13,311 | 60% | |
| Spencer Stevens | DFL | 8,772 | 40% | ||
| 29B | Fran Bradley (i) |
GOP | 9,664 | 51% | |
| Kim Norton | DFL | 9,353 | 49% | ||
| 30A | Tina Liebling |
DFL | Profile | 8,712 | 51% |
| Carla Nelson (i) | GOP | 8,435 | 49% | ||
| 30B | Bill Kuisle (i) | GOP | 10,720 | 49% | |
| Andy Welti |
DFL | Profile | 11,293 | 51% | |
| 31A | Nick Ridge | GOP | 6,407 | 34% | |
| Gene Pelowski (i) |
DFL | 12,478 | 66% | ||
| 31B Davids' in-laws tire burning plant proposal is issue in this race. |
Gregory Davids (i) |
GOP | 10,349 | 52% | |
| Peggy Hanson | DFL | 9,435 | 48% | ||
| 32A Lindner running as Independent after Peppin gets GOP endorsement |
Carroll Holmstrom | DFL | 7,117 | 27% | |
| Arlon Lindner (i) | IP | 5,114 | 19% | ||
| Joyce Peppin |
GOP | 14,276 | 54% | ||
| 32B | John Olson | DFL | 8,280 | 40% | |
| Terry Brennan | IP | 1,351 | 7% | ||
| Kurt Zellers (i) |
GOP | 10,892 | 53% | ||
| 33A | John Muenich | DFL | Profile | 7,970 | 36% |
| Steve Smith (i) |
GOP | 14,312 | 64% | ||
| 33B | Carol Eastlund | DFL | 8,600 | 38% | |
| Barb Sykora (i) |
GOP | 14,086 | 62% | ||
| 34A | Paul Kohls (i) |
GOP | 16,022 | 69% | |
| Dick Stoltz | 7,232 | 31% | |||
| 34B | Joe Hoppe (i) |
GOP | 12,450 | 60% | |
| Sue Sperling | DFL | 8,259 | 40% | ||
| 35A | Mike Beard (i) |
GOP | 14,565 | 59% | |
| John Sheehan | DFL | 9,991 | 41% | ||
| 35B | Mark Buesgens (i) |
GOP | 14,167 | 63% | |
| Ashley Sierra | DFL | 8,197 | 37% | ||
| 36A | Mary Liz Holberg (i) |
GOP | 13,205 | 62% | |
| Mark Solomon | DFL | 8,202 | 38% | ||
| 36B | Benjamin Coler | DFL | 8,718 | 38% | |
| Pat Garofalo |
GOP | 14,513 | 62% | ||
| 37A | Shelley Madore | DFL | Profile | 10,505 | 49% |
| Lloyd Cybart |
GOP | Profile | 10,971 | 51% | |
| 37B | Dennis Ozment (i) |
GOP | Profile | 14,194 | 65% |
| Lax Sundae | DFL | 7,719 | 35% | ||
| 38A | James Hammes | GRN | 533 | 3% | |
| Christine Harbron | DFL | 8,891 | 45% | ||
| Tim Wilkin (i) |
GOP | 10,372 | 52% | ||
| 38B | Jim Carlson | DFL | Profile | 9,941 | 46% |
| Lynn Wardlow (i) | GOP | Profile | 10,968 | 54% | |
| 39A | Rick Hansen |
DFL | 11,644 | 55% | |
| Paul Ives | GOP | 9,398 | 45% | ||
| 39B | Joe Atkins (i) |
DFL | Profile | 14,594 | 68% |
| Cassandra Holmstrom | GOP | 6,767 | 32% | ||
| 40A | Charles Aldrich | LIB | Profile | 574 | 3.2% |
| Will Morgan | DFL | 8,499 | 47.2% | ||
| Duke Powell (i) |
GOP | 8,918 | 49.5% | ||
| 40B | Randy Elledge | GOP | 7,229 | 33.7% | |
| Ann Lenczewski (i) |
DFL | 14,167 | 66.1% | ||
| 41A | Ron Erhardt (i) |
GOP | 13,746 | 57.4% | |
| Laura Davis | DFL | 10,168 | 42.5% | ||
| 41B Crowded field running for Alice Seagren's seat in Bloomington |
Aaron Schweiger | DFL | Profile | 6,791 | 31.5% |
| David Allen | IP | Profile | 3,401 | 15.8% | |
| Neil Peterson |
GOP | 11,316 | 52.5% | ||
| 42A | Peter Adolphson (i) | GOP | 10,769 | 49.4% | |
| Maria Ruud |
DFL | 11,008 | 50.5% | ||
| 42B | Carol Bomben | DFL | 8,999 | 40.1% | |
| Erik Paulsen (i) |
GOP | 13,425 | 59.8% | ||
| 43A | Jeff Johnson (i) |
GOP | 12,483 | 56.4% | |
| Sheryl Frieman | DFL | 9,605 | 43.4% | ||
| 43B | Ron Abrams (i) |
GOP | 11,734 | 52.3% | |
| John Benson | DFL | 10,672 | 47.6% | ||
| 44A | Jim Rhodes (i) | GOP | 9,272 | 44.2% | |
| Steve Simon |
DFL | Profile | 11,643 | 55.5% | |
| 44B | Ron Latz (i) |
DFL | 14,641 | 66.7% | |
| John Palmatier | GOP | 7,272 | 33.1% | ||
| 45A Osterman knocked off incumbent in a close race in 2002. She faces a high-profile DFLer with name recognition this year. |
Lynne Osterman (i) | GOP | Profile | 9,258 | 46.2% |
| Sandra Peterson |
DFL | Profile | 10,040 | 50.1% | |
| Ben Thome | IP | Profile | 702 | 3.5% | |
| 45B | Brian Hanf | IP | Profile | 1,499 | 7.0% |
| Lyndon Carlson (i) |
DFL | 12,093 | 56.3% | ||
| Gregg Prest | GOP | Profile | 7,873 | 36.6% | |
| 46A | Linda Etim | GOP | 5,408 | 37.5% | |
| Mike Nelson (i) |
DFL | 8,965 | 62.2% | ||
| 46B | Debra Hilstrom (i) |
DFL | 10,448 | 63.5% | |
| Trudy Petersen | GOP | 5,980 | 36.3% | ||
| 47A | Denise Dittrich |
DFL | 10,438 | 52.1% | |
| Bill Haas (i) | GOP | 9,576 | 47.8% | ||
| 47B | Melissa Hortman |
DFL | Profile | 10,836 | 50.9% |
| Stephanie Olsen (i) | GOP | 10,440 | 49.0% | ||
| 48A | Tom Hackbarth (i) |
GOP | 12,479 | 57.9% | |
| Mike Starr | DFL | Profile | 9,056 | 42.0% | |
| 48B | Jim Abeler (i) |
GOP | 12,123 | 62.9% | |
| Bob Trewartha | DFL | 7,119 | 37.0% | ||
| 49A | Chris DeLaforest (i) |
GOP | Profile | 13,856 | 63.0% |
| Jim Pithan | DFL | Profile | 8,124 | 36.9% | |
| 49B | Kathy Tingelstad (i) |
GOP | 10,873 | 56.1% | |
| LeeAnn Mortenson | DFL | 8,472 | 43.7% | ||
| 50A | Nathan Jones | GOP | 6,579 | 36.2% | |
| Barb Goodwin (i) |
DFL | Profile | 11,586 | 63.7% | |
| 50B Always a swing suburban district |
Geri Evans | DFL | 10,009 | 48.0% | |
| Char Samuelson (i) |
GOP | 10,821 | 51.9% | ||
| 51A | Kendra Brodin | DFL | 10,107 | 44.7% | |
| Andy Westerberg (i) |
GOP | 12,468 | 55.2% | ||
| 51B | Connie Bernardy (i) |
DFL | Profile | 10,490 | 54.8% |
| Pam Wolf | GOP | Profile | 7,943 | 41.5% | |
| Darrel Benedix | IP | 696 | 3.6% | ||
| 52A | Rob Raphael | DFL | Profile | 9,238 | 40.6% |
| Ray Vandeveer (i) |
GOP | 13,531 | 59.4% | ||
| 52B Otto beat Dean in special election, then successfully fought complaint over mistaken advertising that said Dean's kids were in private school. (Race profile) |
Rebecca Otto (i) | DFL | 12,261 | 48.3% | |
| Matthew Dean |
GOP | 13,091 | 51.6% | ||
| 53A | Phil Krinkie (i) |
GOP | 11,923 | 54.3% | |
| Paul Gardner | DFL | Profile | 10,030 | 45.7% | |
| 53B | Doug Meslow (i) |
GOP | 12,793 | 58.0% | |
| Emily Waymire | DFL | 9,233 | 41.9% | ||
| 54A | Mindy Greiling (i) |
DFL | Profile | 13,059 | 59.5% |
| Terri Graham | GOP | 8,876 | 40.4% | ||
| 54B Open seat. GOP Carl Jacobson decided not to run. |
Bev Scalze |
DFL | Profile | 11,132 | 52.0% |
| Ryan Griffin | GOP | 10,246 | 47.9% | ||
| 55A An open seat because incumbent DFLer Scott Wasiluk lost in the primary. |
Leon Lillie |
DFL | 10,849 | 54.8% | |
| Jan Steiner | GOP | 7,673 | 38.8% | ||
| Brian Balfanz | IP | Profile | 1,250 | 6.3% | |
| 55B | Nora Slawik (i) |
DFL | Profile | 11,465 | 56.0% |
| Kelley Koemptgen | GOP | 9,002 | 43.9% | ||
| 56A Open seat in the Lake Elmo area created with the retirement of Eric Lipman. |
Mike Charron |
GOP | 11,424 | 52.9% | |
| Marc Kimball | DFL | 10,166 | 47.0% | ||
| 56B District is heavily GOP, but Price has name recognition as former senator. Both candidates are teachers. |
Karen Klinzing (i) |
GOP | 12,848 | 54.5% | |
| Len Price | DFL | Profile | 10,683 | 45.4% | |
| 57A | Kate Sieben (i) |
DFL | 13,119 | 68.4% | |
| Kelley Eigenheer | GOP | 6,029 | 31.4% | ||
| 57B | George Bateman | GRN | 507 | 2.3% | |
| Jed Iverson | DFL | 8,478 | 38.4% | ||
| Denny McNamara (i) |
GOP | 13,092 | 59.3% | ||
| 58A | Dan Niesen | GOP | 2,802 | 19.0% | |
| Joe Mullery (i) |
DFL | 11,853 | 80.5% | ||
| 58B | Keith Ellison (i) |
DFL | Profile | 10,776 | 84.1% |
| Jay Cyril Mastrud | GOP | Profile | 1,984 | 15.5% | |
| 59A | Dianne Loeffler |
DFL | 11,381 | 61.4% | |
| Valdis Rozentals | GOP | 3,233 | 17.5% | ||
| Tom Taylor | GRN | Profile | 3,875 | 20.9% | |
| 59B | Phyllis Kahn (i) |
DFL | 10,139 | 58.8% | |
| Amanda Hutchings | GOP | 3,860 | 22.4% | ||
| Ron Lischeid | IP | 995 | 5.8% | ||
| Becki Smith | GRN | Profile | 2,182 | 12.7% | |
| 60A | Margaret Anderson Kelliher (i) |
DFL | 15,768 | 74.0% | |
| Tom Gromacki | GOP | Profile | 4,189 | 19.7% | |
| Sigrid Hutcheson | IP | Profile | 1,307 | 6.1% | |
| 60B | Frank Hornstein (i) |
DFL | 18,281 | 78.8% | |
| Jeremy Estenson | GOP | 4,887 | 21.1% | ||
| 61A | Karen Clark (i) |
DFL | 10,144 | 87.7% | |
| Frederick Coates | GOP | 1,391 | 12.0% | ||
| 61B | Andy Lindberg | GOP | 1,758 | 12.8% | |
| Neva Walker (i) |
DFL | 11,896 | 86.8% | ||
| 62A | Jim Davnie (i) |
DFL | 15,453 | 76.3% | |
| Robert Garrison | GOP | Profile | 3,272 | 16.2% | |
| Carol Grishen | IP | 1,495 | 7.4% | ||
| 62B | Jean Wagenius (i) |
DFL | 16,623 | 75.4% | |
| Susie Valentine | GOP | 5,386 | 24.4% | ||
| 63A | Amy Vrudny | GOP | 7,072 | 33.8% | |
| Paul Thissen (i) |
DFL | Profile | 13,845 | 66.1% | |
| 63B | Patrick Kirby | GOP | Profile | 6,642 | 38.0% |
| Daniel Larson (i) |
DFL | 10,815 | 61.8% | ||
| 64A | Kristin Beach | GOP | 4,725 | 22.7% | |
| Matt Entenza (i) |
DFL | 16,021 | 77.0% | ||
| 64B | Michael Paymar (i) |
DFL | 15,150 | 70.4% | |
| Kristina Jilek | GOP | 6,339 | 29.5% | ||
| 65A | Paul Holmgren | GOP | Profile | 2,645 | 23.6% |
| Cy Thao (i) |
DFL | 8,511 | 76.0% | ||
| 65B | Bill Dahn | IP | 1,256 | 7.8% | |
| Carlos Mariani (i) |
DFL | 11,218 | 70.0% | ||
| Lori Windels | GOP | 3,514 | 21.9% | ||
| 66A | John Lesch (i) |
DFL | 8,832 | 74.6% | |
| Greg Copeland | GOP | 2,965 | 25.0% | ||
| 66B | Alice Hausman (i) |
DFL | 14,494 | 74.6% | |
| Warren Anderson | GOP | Profile | 4,895 | 25.2% | |
| 67A | Tim Mahoney (i) |
DFL | 9,963 | 73.4% | |
| Mark Jorgenson | GOP | 3,564 | 26.3% | ||
| 67B | Sheldon Johnson (i) |
DFL | 8,362 | 59.3% | |
| Gregory LeMay | GOP | 3,499 | 24.8% | ||
| Roger Westall | GRN | Profile | 329 | 2.3% | |
| John Klein | IP | 1,891 | 13.4% |