The 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the

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on November 8, 2022, to elect members to the

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of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election coincided with the

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of the other chamber of the

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, the

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. The

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to i ...

won a majority for a third consecutive election.

Background

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 has lost ground in

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districts to the Republicans. The first sign was in the surprise defeat of long-time DFLer

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Republican

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in the 2010 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 5 tossup districts a part of the Iron Range–3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, and 11A–may determine which party controls the chamber.

Electoral system

The 134 members of the House of Representatives will be elected from

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s via

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for two-year terms. Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis,

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, and Republican) for each district will be determined by an open primary election. Minor party and

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candidates will be nominated by petition.

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s must file a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted. The filing period is from May 17, 2022, until May 31, 2022.

Retiring members

DFL

Paul Marquart Paul Marquart (born January 9, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he represents District 4B, which includes parts of Becker, Clay, and ...

, 4B *

Jennifer Schultz Jennifer Schultz is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 7A in northeastern Minnesota. Early life and educa ...

, 7A (running for Minnesota's 8th U.S. Congressional District) *

Mike Sundin Mike Sundin (born October 11, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he formerly represented District 11A in northeastern Minn ...

, 11A *

Todd Lippert Todd Lippert (born January 26, 1977) is an American politician and former pastor who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represente ...

, 20B *

Liz Boldon Liz Boldon is a Minnesota politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, she represents District 25, which includes much of Rochester and Olmsted County, Minnesota. Early life and educati ...

, 25B (seeking Senate seat) *

Kelly Morrison Kelly Morrison (born February 2, 1969) is an American doctor and politician. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,(DFL), Morrison has been a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. With the Democrats i ...

, 33B (seeking Senate seat) * Ami Wazlawik, 38B * Shelly Christensen, 39B * Connie Bernardy, 41A *

Ryan Winkler Ryan Patrick Winkler (born December 30, 1975) is an American politician and the former majority leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 46A, whic ...

, 46A (running for

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Attorney) * Tou Xiong, 53A (seeking Senate seat) * Steve Sandell, 53B * Jim Davnie, 63A * Rena Moran, 65A (running for Ramsey County Commissioner) * Carlos Mariani, 65B *

Alice Hausman Alice Hausman (born July 31, 1942) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. As a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 66A, which includes portions ...

, 66A

Republican

* Steve Green, 2B (seeking Senate seat) * Jordan Rasmusson, 8A (seeking Senate seat) * John Poston, 9A * Dale Lueck, 10B *

Tama Theis Tama Theis (born February 9, 1960) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 14A in central Minnesota. Education Theis attended St. Cloud ...

, 14A (seeking Senate seat) * Sondra Erickson, 15A * Tim Miller, 17A *

Glenn Gruenhagen Glenn H. Gruenhagen (born February 1, 1952) is an American politician from Minnesota. He serves in the Minnesota Senate representing District 17, which includes Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Sibley Counties. A member of the Republican Party of ...

, 18B (seeking Senate seat) *

Barb Haley Barb Haley is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 21A in southeastern Minnesota. Early life, education, and career Haley was born an ...

, 21A (seeking Senate seat) *

Steve Drazkowski Steve Drazkowski (born November 27, 1964) is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate from District 20, representing all of Wabasha County, large parts of Olmsted County, Goodhue County, and Winona County, and a small ...

, 21B (seeking Senate seat) *

Rod Hamilton Rodney W. "Rod" Hamilton (born March 25, 1968) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 22B, which includes all or portions of ...

, 22B *

Jeremy Munson Jeremy Munson (born December 31, 1975) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Munson represented District 23B in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He lives on a farm outside Lake Crystal, M ...

, 23B (ran for Minnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District) *

Nels Pierson Nels Pierson (born December 29, 1972) is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented the 26B district in southeastern Minn ...

, 26B (ran for Minnesota's 1st U.S. Congressional District) * Eric Lucero, 30B (seeking Senate seat) * Cal Bahr, 31B (seeking Senate seat) *

Bob Dettmer Robert P. "Bob" Dettmer (born March 1, 1951) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 39A, located in the northeastern part of the Twin C ...

, 39A * Tony Jurgens, 54B (seeking Senate seat) *

Tony Albright Anthony Albright (born April 2, 1962) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 55B in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan ar ...

, 55B

Predictions

Results

District results

District 1A

Incumbent Republican John Burkel was first elected in 2020. District 1A is located in northwestern Minnesota covering the northernmost portions of the

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. Large cities in the district are

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, and

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District 1B

Incumbent Republican

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was first elected in 2010. District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Red Lake Falls.

District 2A

Incumbent Republican Matt Grossell was first elected in 2016. District 2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south as

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and as far north as the

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District 2B

Incumbent Republican Matt Bliss was elected in the 2020 election. Bliss previously represented district 5A from 2017-2019, but lost to

John Persell John Sterling Persell, Jr. (born 1950) is an American DFL politician who represented District 5A in northern Minnesota, first winning election in 2008. Early life, education, and career Persell majored in biology at Bemidji State University, ...

by 11 votes in the 2018 election. District 2B is located in north-central Minnesota.

District 3A

Incumbent DFLer Rob Ecklund was first elected in a 2015 special election. District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the

and the northern

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. Some cities in the 3A district include

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, Silver Bay, Grand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.

District 3B

Incumbent DFLer Mary Murphy was first elected in 1976. She's represented district 3B since 2012. District 3B surrounds the city of Duluth.

District 4A

Incumbent DFLer Heather Keeler was first elected in the 2020 election. District 4A covers most of the city of Moorhead.

District 4B

Incumbent DFLer

, who was first elected in 2000, chose not run for re-election. The district, located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounds the city of Moorhead and includes Glyndon and Detroit Lakes.

District 5A

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

District 5B

District 5B is the only district in which the Independence Party of Minnesota is fielding a candidate. The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of Todd County plus portions of Morrison County, Cass County, and Wadena County.

District 6A

District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from

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District 6B

Incumbent Republican Josh Heintzeman was first elected in 2014. District 6B's largest city is Brainerd.

District 7A

Newly created district 7A has two incumbents: DFLer

Julie Sandstede Julie Sandstede (née Tarnowski) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she formerly represented District 6A in northeastern Minne ...

, first elected in 2016, and Republican Spencer Igo, first elected in 2020.

District 7B

Incumbent DFLer Dave Lislegard was first elected in 2018.

District 8A

Incumbent DFLer

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was first elected in 2018. District 8A covers the southwestern portion of the city of

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District 8B

Incumbent DFLer

, who was first elected in 2014, is instead running for

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District 9A

Incumbent Republican

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was first elected in 2014.

District 9B

District 10A

District 10B

District 11A

District 11B

District 12A

District 12B

District 13A

District 13B

District 14A

District 14B

District 15A

District 15B

District 16A

District 16B

District 17A

District 17B

District 18A

District 18B

District 19A

District 19B

District 20A

District 20B

District 21A

District 21B

District 22A

District 22B

District 23A

District 23B

District 24A

District 24B

District 25A

District 25B

District 26A

District 26B

District 27A

District 27B

District 28A

District 28B

Incumbent Republican Anne Neu Brindley is running for re-election. District 28B covers the southern portion of

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and includes the cities of Lindström, Chisago City,

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, as well as the eastern part of North Branch.

District 29A

District 29B

District 30A

District 30B

District 31A

District 31B

District 32A

District 32B

District 33A

District 33B

District 34A

District 34B

District 35A

District 35B

District 36A

District 36B

District 37A

District 37B

District 38A

District 38B

District 39A

District 39B

District 40A

District 40B

District 41A

District 41B

District 42A

District 42B

District 43A

District 43B

District 44A

District 44B

District 45A

District 45B

District 46A

District 46B

District 47A

District 47B

District 48A

District 48B

District 49A

District 49B

District 50A

District 50B

District 51A

District 51B

District 52A

District 52B

District 53A

District 53B

District 54A

District 54B

District 55A

District 55B

District 56A

District 56B

District 57A

District 57B

District 58A

District 58B

District 59A

District 59B

District 60A

Incumbent

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was first elected in a 2020 special election caused by the death of DFL member Diane Loeffler.

District 60B

District 61A

District 61B

District 62A

District 62B

District 63A

District 63B

District 64A

District 64B

District 65A

District 65B

District 66A

District 66A includes parts of north eastern Saint Paul as well as Roseville, Falcon Heights, and

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. Incumbent DFLer

is retiring. Leigh Finke, the DFL endorsed candidate, would become the first transgender member of the Minnesota Legislature if elected.

District 66B

House District 66B covers north central Saint Paul. Incumbent

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is running for re-election.

District 67A

District 67A includes the northeast corner of Saint Paul. The incumbent John Thompson failed to secure the DFL endorsement after a string of scandals. He received only 11% of the vote in the primary election, losing to Liz Lee.

District 67B

District 67B covers the easternmost portion of Saint Paul. Incumbent Jay Xiong is running for re-election. He has was first elected in 2018.

References

External links

Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State
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