Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2000

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2000

November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Sviggum Tom Pugh Party Republican DFL Leader since April 17, 1992 November 6, 1998 Leader's seat 28B–Kenyon 39A–South St. Paul Last election 71 seats 63 seats Seats before 70 63 Seats won 69 65 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,171,702 1,058,824

Speaker before election Steve Sviggum Republican Elected Speaker Steve Sviggum Republican

The 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2001.

Results

Summary of the November 7, 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	132	1,171,702	69	1	51.49
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	121	1,058,824	65	2	48.51
	Independence Party of Minnesota	27	41,051	0	1	0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	3	4,221	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	2,867	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	1	646	0		0.00
	Write-in	1	338	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,506,432 eligible voters)[1]		2,458,303	70.11%		7.77 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2000
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1998

References

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