A special election was held in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
on February 14, 2017, to elect a new representative for
District 32B in the
Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...
, caused by a ruling by the
Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center.
History
The court was first assemb ...
that incumbent
Bob Barrett was ineligible to be a candidate in the
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
on November 8, 2016.
Anne Neu Brindley, the
Republican nominee, won the special election.
Background
On August 26, 2016,
Minnesota Second District Court judge George Stephenson found that
Republican incumbent
Bob Barrett did not reside in District 32B. Candidates for the
Minnesota Legislature must reside in the district in which they are running for the preceding six months of the election. The case was referred to the
Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center.
History
The court was first assemb ...
and on September 8, 2016, it ruled Barrett ineligible to be a candidate in District 32B. A vacancy in nomination less than 80 days of a general election results in an automatic special election.
Candidates
All the candidates of the
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
—except for Barrett—were automatically candidates of the special election. In this case, Laurie Warner was the
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominee.
The
Republicans selected
Anne Neu Brindley to be their nominee.
Results
See also
*
List of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives
References
External links
Information on the special electionat the Minnesota Secretary of State website
{{Minnesota elections
2017 Minnesota elections
Minnesota special elections
Minnesota House, District 32B