# 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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The 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2014, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 89th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 12, 2014.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election, after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2015.

## Retiring members
### DFL

* John Benson, 44B
* Kathy Brynaert, 19B
* Tom Huntley, 7A
* Michael Paymar, 64B
* Steve Simon, 46B

### Republican

* Jim Abeler, 35A
* Mike Beard, 55A
* Mike Benson, 26B
* David FitzSimmons, 30B
* Mary Liz Holberg, 58A
* Andrea Kieffer, 53B
* Ernie Leidiger, 47A
* Pam Myhra, 56A
* Kelby Woodard, 20A
* Kurt Zellers, 34B

## Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Governing | Lean D | October 20, 2014 |

### Competitive districts

According to an analysis by the Star Tribune, based on past election results, fundraising, and other factors, 16 seats were vulnerable to switching parties. 14 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans. According to MinnPost, 15 seats had the best chance of switching parties, based on the district's political lean (as calculated by MinnPost), previous election results, and the strength of the respective candidates. 13 were held by the DFL and two by the Republicans.
| District | Incumbent | Party | Result |
| 1B | Deb Kiel | Republican | Hold |
| 2A | Roger Erickson | DFL | Republican gain |
| 2B | Steve Green | Republican | Hold |
| 4A | Ben Lien | DFL | Hold |
| 10B | Joe Radinovich | DFL | Republican gain |
| 11B | Tim Faust | DFL | Republican gain |
| 12A | Jay McNamar | DFL | Republican gain |
| 14B | Zach Dorholt | DFL | Republican gain |
| 17A | Andrew Falk | DFL | Republican gain |
| 17B | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | Republican gain |
| 27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | Republican gain |
| 36A | Mark Uglem | Republican | Hold |
| 48A | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | Hold |
| 49A | Ron Erhardt | DFL | Hold |
| 49B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | Hold |
| 51A | Sandra Masin | DFL | Hold |
| 51B | Laurie Halverson | DFL | Hold |
| 56B | Will Morgan | DFL | Republican gain |

## Primary election results

| District | Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
| 5A | Republican | Phillip Nelson | 1,289 | 100.00 |
| 5A | DFL | John Persell | 1,544 | 84.60 |
| 5A | DFL | Lavern Pederson | 281 | 15.40 |
| 6A | Republican | Roger Weber | 977 | 100.00 |
| 6A | DFL | Carly Melin | 2,979 | 80.04 |
| 6A | DFL | John Finken | 743 | 19.96 |
| 7B | Republican | Travis Silvers | 371 | 57.43 |
| 7B | Republican | Carla Bayerl | 275 | 42.57 |
| 7B | DFL | Erik Simonson | 1,601 | 100.00 |
| 12A | Republican | Jeff Backer | 1,777 | 55.55 |
| 12A | Republican | Nancy Taffe | 1,422 | 44.45 |
| 12A | DFL | Jay McNamar | 1,512 | 100.00 |
| 30B | Republican | Eric Lucero | 1,363 | 63.99 |
| 30B | Republican | Kevin Kasel | 767 | 36.01 |
| 30B | DFL | Sharon Shimek | 361 | 100.00 |
| 35A | Republican | Abigail Whelan | 1,794 | 80.70 |
| 35A | Republican | Justin Boals | 429 | 19.30 |
| 35A | DFL | Peter Perovich | 781 | 100.00 |
| 44B | Republican | Ryan Rutzick | 1,393 | 100.00 |
| 44B | DFL | Jon Applebaum | 1,053 | 37.58 |
| 44B | DFL | Tony Wagner | 1,016 | 36.26 |
| 44B | DFL | Jon Tollefson | 733 | 26.16 |
| 47A | Republican | Jim Nash | 1,406 | 59.93 |
| 47A | Republican | Bob Frey | 940 | 40.07 |
| 47A | DFL | Matthew Gieseke | 474 | 100.00 |
| 48B | Republican | Jenifer Loon | 1,925 | 60.63 |
| 48B | Republican | Sheila Kihne | 1,250 | 39.37 |
| 48B | DFL | Joan Howe-Pullis | 671 | 100.00 |
| 51A | Republican | Andrea Todd-Harlin | 891 | 55.90 |
| 51A | Republican | Victor Lake | 703 | 44.10 |
| 51A | DFL | Sandra Masin | 970 | 100.00 |
| 55A | Independence | Derek Thury | 21 | 100.00 |
| 55A | Republican | Bob Loonan | 721 | 50.60 |
| 55A | Republican | Bruce Mackenthun | 704 | 49.40 |
| 55A | DFL | Jay Whiting | 512 | 82.85 |
| 55A | DFL | Ronald Gray | 106 | 17.15 |
| 60B | Republican | Abdimalik Askar | 91 | 81.25 |
| 60B | Republican | Abdulkarim Godah | 21 | 18.75 |
| 60B | DFL | Phyllis Kahn | 2,332 | 54.47 |
| 60B | DFL | Mohamud Noor | 1,949 | 45.53 |
| 63B | Republican | Andres Hortillosa | 543 | 100.00 |
| 63B | DFL | Jean Wagenius | 2,166 | 91.08 |
| 63B | DFL | Roger Kittelson | 212 | 8.92 |
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

## General election
### Opinion polling

| Polling firm/client | Polling period | Sample size | Margin of error | DFL | Republican | Other | Undecided |
| SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 27–30, 2014 | 596 LV | ± 4.1% | 44% | 43% | 5% | 7% |
| SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | October 14–16, 2014 | 597 LV | ± 4.1% | 46% | 42% | 5% | 6% |
| SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | September 30 – October 2, 2014 | 577 LV | ± 4.2% | 46% | 42% | 5% | 7% |
| SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | August 19–21, 2014 | 600 LV | ± 4.1% | 43% | 45% | 5% | 8% |
| Public Policy Polling | June 12–15, 2014 | 633 RV | ± 3.9% | 46% | 41% | — | 14% |
| SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV | June 5–9, 2014 | 1017 LV | ± 3.1% | 42% | 45% | 5% | 8% |
| Public Policy Polling | May 17–19, 2013 | 712 | ± 3.7% | 47% | 41% | — | 12% |

### Results

Summary of the November 4, 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election results :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Candidates | No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | 133 | 958,667 | 50.01 | 4.88 | 72 | 11 | 53.73 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 126 | 944,961 | 49.30 | 4.44 | 62 | 11 | 46.27 |
| | Independence Party of Minnesota | 4 | 2,846 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | Green Party of Minnesota | 2 | 2,001 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | Constitution Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,924 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 6,455 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,916,854 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 75,712 | 3.80 | 3.60 | | | |
| Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters) | Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters) | Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters) | 1,992,566 | 50.51 | 25.91 | | | |
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |||||||||

### District results

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates |
| District | Name | Party | First elected | Name | Party | Votes | % | Winner Party |
| 1A | Dan Fabian | Republican | 2010 | Dan Fabian | Republican | 9,942 | 67.09 | Republican |
| 1A | Dan Fabian | Republican | 2010 | Bruce Patterson | DFL | 4,864 | 32.82 | Republican |
| 1B | Deb Kiel | Republican | 2010 | Deb Kiel | Republican | 7,176 | 55.61 | Republican |
| 1B | Deb Kiel | Republican | 2010 | Eric Bergeson | DFL | 5,721 | 44.34 | Republican |
| 2A | Roger Erickson | DFL | 2012 | Dave Hancock | Republican | 7,839 | 52.36 | Republican |
| 2A | Roger Erickson | DFL | 2012 | Roger Erickson | DFL | 7,109 | 47.49 | Republican |
| 2B | Steve Green | Republican | 2012 | Steve Green | Republican | 8,335 | 57.16 | Republican |
| 2B | Steve Green | Republican | 2012 | David Sobieski | DFL | 6,236 | 42.77 | Republican |
| 3A | David Dill | DFL | 2002 | David Dill | DFL | 12,067 | 65.55 | DFL |
| 3A | David Dill | DFL | 2002 | Eric Johnson | Republican | 6,297 | 34.21 | DFL |
| 3B | Mary Murphy | DFL | 1976 | Mary Murphy | DFL | 9,956 | 62.16 | DFL |
| 3B | Mary Murphy | DFL | 1976 | Wade Flemling | Republican | 6,041 | 37.72 | DFL |
| 4A | Ben Lien | DFL | 2012 | Ben Lien | DFL | 6,713 | 58.34 | DFL |
| 4A | Ben Lien | DFL | 2012 | Brian Gramer | Republican | 4,772 | 41.47 | DFL |
| 4B | Paul Marquart | DFL | 2000 | Paul Marquart | DFL | 9,135 | 65.84 | DFL |
| 4B | Paul Marquart | DFL | 2000 | Jared LaDuke | Republican | 4,734 | 34.12 | DFL |
| 5A | John Persell | DFL | 2008 | John Persell | DFL | 7,871 | 55.16 | DFL |
| 5A | John Persell | DFL | 2008 | Phillip Nelson | Republican | 6,385 | 44.74 | DFL |
| 5B | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 2006 | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 9,449 | 56.54 | DFL |
| 5B | Tom Anzelc | DFL | 2006 | Justin Eichorn | Republican | 7,241 | 43.33 | DFL |
| 6A | Carly Melin | DFL | 2011* | Carly Melin | DFL | 11,257 | 69.38 | DFL |
| 6A | Carly Melin | DFL | 2011* | Roger Weber | Republican | 4,930 | 30.39 | DFL |
| 6B | Jason Metsa | DFL | 2012 | Jason Metsa | DFL | 11,363 | 64.11 | DFL |
| 6B | Jason Metsa | DFL | 2012 | Matt Matasich | Republican | 6,334 | 35.73 | DFL |
| 7A | Tom Huntley‡ | DFL | 1992 | Jennifer Schultz | DFL | 9,658 | 62.11 | DFL |
| 7A | Tom Huntley‡ | DFL | 1992 | Becky Hall | Republican | 5,175 | 33.28 | DFL |
| 7A | Tom Huntley‡ | DFL | 1992 | Kristine Osbakken | Green | 693 | 4.46 | DFL |
| 7B | Erik Simonson | DFL | 2012 | Erik Simonson | DFL | 9,435 | 71.05 | DFL |
| 7B | Erik Simonson | DFL | 2012 | Travis Silvers | Republican | 3,803 | 28.64 | DFL |
| 8A | Bud Nornes | Republican | 1996 | Bud Nornes | Republican | 9,739 | 64.69 | Republican |
| 8A | Bud Nornes | Republican | 1996 | Jim Miltich | DFL | 5,303 | 35.22 | Republican |
| 8B | Mary Franson | Republican | 2010 | Mary Franson | Republican | 9,270 | 58.41 | Republican |
| 8B | Mary Franson | Republican | 2010 | Jay Sieling | DFL | 6,565 | 41.36 | Republican |
| 9A | Mark Anderson | Republican | 2012 | Mark Anderson | Republican | 9,336 | 63.89 | Republican |
| 9A | Mark Anderson | Republican | 2012 | Dan Bye | DFL | 5,263 | 36.02 | Republican |
| 9B | Ron Kresha | Republican | 2012 | Ron Kresha | Republican | 8,449 | 56.42 | Republican |
| 9B | Ron Kresha | Republican | 2012 | Al Doty | DFL | 6,518 | 43.53 | Republican |
| 10A | John Ward | DFL | 2006 | Josh Heintzeman | Republican | 8,646 | 53.37 | Republican |
| 10A | John Ward | DFL | 2006 | John Ward | DFL | 7,539 | 46.54 | Republican |
| 10B | Joe Radinovich | DFL | 2012 | Dale Lueck | Republican | 9,209 | 51.86 | Republican |
| 10B | Joe Radinovich | DFL | 2012 | Joe Radinovich | DFL | 8,523 | 48.00 | Republican |
| 11A | Mike Sundin | DFL | 2012 | Mike Sundin | DFL | 9,493 | 62.35 | DFL |
| 11A | Mike Sundin | DFL | 2012 | Tim Hafvenstein | Republican | 5,717 | 37.55 | DFL |
| 11B | Tim Faust | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Jason Rarick | Republican | 7,545 | 53.67 | Republican |
| 11B | Tim Faust | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Tim Faust | DFL | 6,488 | 46.15 | Republican |
| 12A | Jay McNamar | DFL | 2012 | Jeff Backer | Republican | 8,725 | 51.85 | Republican |
| 12A | Jay McNamar | DFL | 2012 | Jay McNamar | DFL | 8,065 | 47.93 | Republican |
| 12B | Paul Anderson | Republican | 2008 | Paul Anderson | Republican | 9,920 | 67.84 | Republican |
| 12B | Paul Anderson | Republican | 2008 | Gordy Wagner | DFL | 4,694 | 32.10 | Republican |
| 13A | Jeff Howe | Republican | 2012 | Jeff Howe | Republican | 8,562 | 60.51 | Republican |
| 13A | Jeff Howe | Republican | 2012 | Emily Jensen | DFL | 5,572 | 39.38 | Republican |
| 13B | Tim O'Driscoll | Republican | 2010 | Tim O'Driscoll | Republican | 11,284 | 97.48 | Republican |
| 14A | Tama Theis | Republican | 2013* | Tama Theis | Republican | 7,292 | 54.90 | Republican |
| 14A | Tama Theis | Republican | 2013* | Dan Wolgamott | DFL | 5,972 | 44.96 | Republican |
| 14B | Zach Dorholt | DFL | 2012 | Jim Knoblach | Republican | 5,674 | 50.15 | Republican |
| 14B | Zach Dorholt | DFL | 2012 | Zach Dorholt | DFL | 5,605 | 49.54 | Republican |
| 15A | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 1998*, 2010† | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 8,348 | 63.01 | Republican |
| 15A | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 1998*, 2010† | Jim Rittenour | DFL | 4,876 | 36.80 | Republican |
| 15B | Jim Newberger | Republican | 2012 | Jim Newberger | Republican | 9,166 | 63.93 | Republican |
| 15B | Jim Newberger | Republican | 2012 | Brian Johnson | DFL | 5,154 | 35.95 | Republican |
| 16A | Chris Swedzinski | Republican | 2010 | Chris Swedzinski | Republican | 8,642 | 61.72 | Republican |
| 16A | Chris Swedzinski | Republican | 2010 | Laurie Driessen | DFL | 5,355 | 38.24 | Republican |
| 16B | Paul Torkelson | Republican | 2008 | Paul Torkelson | Republican | 9,053 | 64.94 | Republican |
| 16B | Paul Torkelson | Republican | 2008 | James Kanne | DFL | 4,872 | 34.95 | Republican |
| 17A | Andrew Falk | DFL | 2008 | Tim Miller | Republican | 8,453 | 55.37 | Republican |
| 17A | Andrew Falk | DFL | 2008 | Andrew Falk | DFL | 6,789 | 44.47 | Republican |
| 17B | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 2012 | Dave Baker | Republican | 7,807 | 50.66 | Republican |
| 17B | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 2012 | Mary Sawatzky | DFL | 7,593 | 49.27 | Republican |
| 18A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 2002 | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 9,965 | 67.22 | Republican |
| 18A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 2002 | Steven Schiroo | DFL | 4,808 | 32.43 | Republican |
| 18B | Glenn Gruenhagen | Republican | 2010 | Glenn Gruenhagen | Republican | 8,801 | 63.94 | Republican |
| 18B | Glenn Gruenhagen | Republican | 2010 | John Lipke | DFL | 4,939 | 35.88 | Republican |
| 19A | Clark Johnson | DFL | 2013* | Clark Johnson | DFL | 7,458 | 54.08 | DFL |
| 19A | Clark Johnson | DFL | 2013* | Kim Spears | Republican | 6,313 | 45.78 | DFL |
| 19B | Kathy Brynaert‡ | DFL | 2006 | Jack Considine | DFL | 6,258 | 55.96 | DFL |
| 19B | Kathy Brynaert‡ | DFL | 2006 | David Kruse | Republican | 4,905 | 43.87 | DFL |
| 20A | Kelby Woodard‡ | Republican | 2010 | Bob Vogel | Republican | 8,836 | 64.29 | Republican |
| 20A | Kelby Woodard‡ | Republican | 2010 | Thomas Lofgren | DFL | 4,881 | 35.52 | Republican |
| 20B | David Bly | DFL | 2006, 2012† | David Bly | DFL | 8,300 | 57.97 | DFL |
| 20B | David Bly | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Dan Matejcek | Republican | 5,985 | 41.80 | DFL |
| 21A | Tim Kelly | Republican | 2008 | Tim Kelly | Republican | 9,204 | 62.17 | Republican |
| 21A | Tim Kelly | Republican | 2008 | Lynn Schoen | DFL | 5,593 | 37.78 | Republican |
| 21B | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 2007* | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 9,075 | 63.33 | Republican |
| 21B | Steve Drazkowski | Republican | 2007* | M.A. Schneider | DFL | 5,213 | 36.38 | Republican |
| 22A | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 2010 | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 9,779 | 66.71 | Republican |
| 22A | Joe Schomacker | Republican | 2010 | Diane Slyter | DFL | 4,868 | 33.21 | Republican |
| 22B | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 2004 | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 8,243 | 66.19 | Republican |
| 22B | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 2004 | Cheryl Avenel-Navara | DFL | 4,200 | 33.72 | Republican |
| 23A | Bob Gunther | Republican | 1995* | Bob Gunther | Republican | 9,232 | 61.66 | Republican |
| 23A | Bob Gunther | Republican | 1995* | Pat Bacon | DFL | 5,735 | 38.30 | Republican |
| 23B | Tony Cornish | Republican | 2002 | Tony Cornish | Republican | 11,339 | 96.11 | Republican |
| 24A | John Petersburg | Republican | 2012 | John Petersburg | Republican | 7,202 | 54.73 | Republican |
| 24A | John Petersburg | Republican | 2012 | Beverly Cashman | DFL | 5,949 | 45.21 | Republican |
| 24B | Patti Fritz | DFL | 2004 | Brian Daniels | Republican | 6,163 | 50.85 | Republican |
| 24B | Patti Fritz | DFL | 2004 | Patti Fritz | DFL | 5,942 | 49.02 | Republican |
| 25A | Duane Quam | Republican | 2010 | Duane Quam | Republican | 10,970 | 96.24 | Republican |
| 25B | Kim Norton | DFL | 2006 | Kim Norton | DFL | 9,844 | 94.91 | DFL |
| 26A | Tina Liebling | DFL | 2004 | Tina Liebling | DFL | 6,244 | 55.23 | DFL |
| 26A | Tina Liebling | DFL | 2004 | Breanna Bly | Republican | 5,050 | 44.67 | DFL |
| 26B | Mike Benson‡ | Republican | 2010 | Nels Pierson | Republican | 9,251 | 59.85 | Republican |
| 26B | Mike Benson‡ | Republican | 2010 | Richard Wright | DFL | 6,188 | 40.03 | Republican |
| 27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | 2012 | Peggy Bennett | Republican | 8,155 | 53.04 | Republican |
| 27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | 2012 | Shannon Savick | DFL | 6,139 | 39.93 | Republican |
| 27A | Shannon Savick | DFL | 2012 | Thomas Price | Independence | 1,066 | 6.93 | Republican |
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 2004 | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 6,498 | 54.10 | DFL |
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | 2004 | Dennis Schminke | Republican | 5,501 | 45.80 | DFL |
| 28A | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 1986 | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 7,279 | 62.70 | DFL |
| 28A | Gene Pelowski | DFL | 1986 | Lynae Hahn | Republican | 4,307 | 37.10 | DFL |
| 28B | Greg Davids | Republican | 1991*, 2008† | Greg Davids | Republican | 9,013 | 55.88 | Republican |
| 28B | Greg Davids | Republican | 1991*, 2008† | Jon Pieper | DFL | 7,090 | 43.96 | Republican |
| 29A | Joe McDonald | Republican | 2010 | Joe McDonald | Republican | 11,839 | 96.80 | Republican |
| 29B | Marion O'Neill | Republican | 2012 | Marion O'Neill | Republican | 10,196 | 96.77 | Republican |
| 30A | Nick Zerwas | Republican | 2012 | Nick Zerwas | Republican | 9,349 | 68.51 | Republican |
| 30A | Nick Zerwas | Republican | 2012 | Brenden Ellingboe | DFL | 4,279 | 31.35 | Republican |
| 30B | David FitzSimmons‡ | Republican | 2012 | Eric Lucero | Republican | 9,005 | 67.75 | Republican |
| 30B | David FitzSimmons‡ | Republican | 2012 | Sharon Shimek | DFL | 4,256 | 32.02 | Republican |
| 31A | Kurt Daudt | Republican | 2010 | Kurt Daudt | Republican | 10,363 | 96.67 | Republican |
| 31B | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 1994, 1998† | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 9,726 | 64.47 | Republican |
| 31B | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 1994, 1998† | JD Holmquist | DFL | 5,339 | 35.39 | Republican |
| 32A | Brian Johnson | Republican | 2012 | Brian Johnson | Republican | 8,006 | 57.48 | Republican |
| 32A | Brian Johnson | Republican | 2012 | Paul Gammel | DFL | 5,907 | 42.41 | Republican |
| 32B | Bob Barrett | Republican | 2010 | Bob Barrett | Republican | 8,459 | 55.73 | Republican |
| 32B | Bob Barrett | Republican | 2010 | Laurie Warner | DFL | 6,707 | 44.19 | Republican |
| 33A | Jerry Hertaus | Republican | 2012 | Jerry Hertaus | Republican | 12,003 | 65.70 | Republican |
| 33A | Jerry Hertaus | Republican | 2012 | Todd Mikkelson | DFL | 6,246 | 34.19 | Republican |
| 33B | Cindy Pugh | Republican | 2012 | Cindy Pugh | Republican | 10,934 | 61.22 | Republican |
| 33B | Cindy Pugh | Republican | 2012 | Paul Alegi | DFL | 6,911 | 38.69 | Republican |
| 34A | Joyce Peppin | Republican | 2004 | Joyce Peppin | Republican | 12,411 | 97.05 | Republican |
| 34B | Kurt Zellers‡ | Republican | 2003* | Dennis Smith | Republican | 9,016 | 56.36 | Republican |
| 34B | Kurt Zellers‡ | Republican | 2003* | David Hoden | DFL | 6,965 | 43.54 | Republican |
| 35A | Jim Abeler‡ | Republican | 1998 | Abigail Whelan | Republican | 7,808 | 59.95 | Republican |
| 35A | Jim Abeler‡ | Republican | 1998 | Peter Perovich | DFL | 5,192 | 39.86 | Republican |
| 35B | Peggy Scott | Republican | 2008 | Peggy Scott | Republican | 10,034 | 65.97 | Republican |
| 35B | Peggy Scott | Republican | 2008 | Sam Beard | DFL | 5,162 | 33.94 | Republican |
| 36A | Mark Uglem | Republican | 2012 | Mark Uglem | Republican | 8,080 | 58.95 | Republican |
| 36A | Mark Uglem | Republican | 2012 | Jefferson Fietek | DFL | 5,608 | 40.92 | Republican |
| 36B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 2004 | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 7,407 | 51.90 | DFL |
| 36B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 2004 | Peter Crema | Republican | 6,851 | 48.00 | DFL |
| 37A | Jerry Newton | DFL | 2008, 2012† | Jerry Newton | DFL | 6,934 | 52.45 | DFL |
| 37A | Jerry Newton | DFL | 2008, 2012† | Mandy Benz | Republican | 6,275 | 47.46 | DFL |
| 37B | Tim Sanders | Republican | 2008 | Tim Sanders | Republican | 7,602 | 55.40 | Republican |
| 37B | Tim Sanders | Republican | 2008 | Susan Witt | DFL | 6,111 | 44.54 | Republican |
| 38A | Linda Runbeck | Republican | 1989*, 2010† | Linda Runbeck | Republican | 9,213 | 62.19 | Republican |
| 38A | Linda Runbeck | Republican | 1989*, 2010† | Patrick Davern | DFL | 5,586 | 37.71 | Republican |
| 38B | Matt Dean | Republican | 2004 | Matt Dean | Republican | 9,529 | 56.07 | Republican |
| 38B | Matt Dean | Republican | 2004 | Greg Pariseau | DFL | 7,444 | 43.80 | Republican |
| 39A | Bob Dettmer | Republican | 2006 | Bob Dettmer | Republican | 9,730 | 58.02 | Republican |
| 39A | Bob Dettmer | Republican | 2006 | Tim Stender | DFL | 7,028 | 41.91 | Republican |
| 39B | Kathy Lohmer | Republican | 2010 | Kathy Lohmer | Republican | 9,531 | 54.56 | Republican |
| 39B | Kathy Lohmer | Republican | 2010 | Tom DeGree | DFL | 7,926 | 45.37 | Republican |
| 40A | Mike Nelson | DFL | 2002 | Mike Nelson | DFL | 5,711 | 64.85 | DFL |
| 40A | Mike Nelson | DFL | 2002 | Chuck Sutphen | Republican | 3,077 | 34.94 | DFL |
| 40B | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 2000 | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 6,778 | 67.36 | DFL |
| 40B | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | 2000 | Mali Marvin | Republican | 3,265 | 32.45 | DFL |
| 41A | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 2000, 2012† | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 8,265 | 60.16 | DFL |
| 41A | Connie Bernardy | DFL | 2000, 2012† | Jeff Phillips | Republican | 5,451 | 39.68 | DFL |
| 41B | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 2006 | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 8,322 | 57.38 | DFL |
| 41B | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 2006 | Camden Pike | Republican | 4,248 | 29.29 | DFL |
| 41B | Carolyn Laine | DFL | 2006 | Tim Utz | Constitution | 1,924 | 13.27 | DFL |
| 42A | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 2012 | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 8,766 | 50.55 | DFL |
| 42A | Barb Yarusso | DFL | 2012 | Randy Jessup | Republican | 8,546 | 49.28 | DFL |
| 42B | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 2012 | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 8,814 | 52.30 | DFL |
| 42B | Jason Isaacson | DFL | 2012 | Heidi Gunderson | Republican | 8,014 | 47.55 | DFL |
| 43A | Peter Fischer | DFL | 2012 | Peter Fischer | DFL | 8,314 | 50.64 | DFL |
| 43A | Peter Fischer | DFL | 2012 | Stacey Stout | Republican | 8,068 | 49.14 | DFL |
| 43B | Leon Lillie | DFL | 2004 | Leon Lillie | DFL | 7,891 | 58.08 | DFL |
| 43B | Leon Lillie | DFL | 2004 | Justice Whitethorn | Republican | 5,672 | 41.75 | DFL |
| 44A | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 2006 | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 9,377 | 55.51 | Republican |
| 44A | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 2006 | Audrey Britton | DFL | 7,504 | 44.43 | Republican |
| 44B | John Benson‡ | DFL | 2006 | Jon Applebaum | DFL | 9,507 | 51.30 | DFL |
| 44B | John Benson‡ | DFL | 2006 | Ryan Rutzick | Republican | 8,981 | 48.46 | DFL |
| 45A | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 1972 | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 7,988 | 56.52 | DFL |
| 45A | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | 1972 | Richard Lieberman | Republican | 6,117 | 43.28 | DFL |
| 45B | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 2012 | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 10,750 | 66.94 | DFL |
| 45B | Mike Freiberg | DFL | 2012 | Alma Wetzker | Republican | 5,281 | 32.89 | DFL |
| 46A | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 2006 | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 10,666 | 66.17 | DFL |
| 46A | Ryan Winkler | DFL | 2006 | Timothy Manthey | Republican | 5,425 | 33.66 | DFL |
| 46B | Steve Simon‡ | DFL | 2004 | Cheryl Youakim | DFL | 9,525 | 68.50 | DFL |
| 46B | Steve Simon‡ | DFL | 2004 | Bryan Bjornson | Republican | 4,353 | 31.30 | DFL |
| 47A | Ernie Leidiger‡ | Republican | 2010 | Jim Nash | Republican | 10,934 | 67.63 | Republican |
| 47A | Ernie Leidiger‡ | Republican | 2010 | Matthew Gieseke | DFL | 5,186 | 32.08 | Republican |
| 47B | Joe Hoppe | Republican | 2002 | Joe Hoppe | Republican | 11,340 | 97.18 | Republican |
| 48A | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | 2012 | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | 9,606 | 50.04 | DFL |
| 48A | Yvonne Selcer | DFL | 2012 | Kirk Stensrud | Republican | 9,565 | 49.83 | DFL |
| 48B | Jenifer Loon | Republican | 2008 | Jenifer Loon | Republican | 10,294 | 64.42 | Republican |
| 48B | Jenifer Loon | Republican | 2008 | Joan Howe-Pullis | DFL | 5,661 | 35.43 | Republican |
| 49A | Ron Erhardt | DFL | 1990, 2012† | Ron Erhardt | DFL | 10,206 | 51.38 | DFL |
| 49A | Ron Erhardt | DFL | 1990, 2012† | Dario Anselmo | Republican | 9,645 | 48.55 | DFL |
| 49B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | 2008, 2012† | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | 10,171 | 52.80 | DFL |
| 49B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | 2008, 2012† | Barb Sutter | Republican | 9,075 | 47.11 | DFL |
| 50A | Linda Slocum | DFL | 2006 | Linda Slocum | DFL | 8,260 | 64.72 | DFL |
| 50A | Linda Slocum | DFL | 2006 | Dean Mumbleau | Republican | 4,481 | 35.11 | DFL |
| 50B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | 1998 | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | 10,060 | 65.60 | DFL |
| 50B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | 1998 | Zavier Bicott | Republican | 5,251 | 34.24 | DFL |
| 51A | Sandra Masin | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Sandra Masin | DFL | 7,262 | 51.47 | DFL |
| 51A | Sandra Masin | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Andrea Todd-Harlin | Republican | 6,821 | 48.34 | DFL |
| 51B | Laurie Halverson | DFL | 2012 | Laurie Halverson | DFL | 8,757 | 51.09 | DFL |
| 51B | Laurie Halverson | DFL | 2012 | Jen Wilson | Republican | 8,366 | 48.80 | DFL |
| 52A | Rick Hansen | DFL | 2004 | Rick Hansen | DFL | 9,777 | 59.38 | DFL |
| 52A | Rick Hansen | DFL | 2004 | Joe Blum | Republican | 6,661 | 40.46 | DFL |
| 52B | Joe Atkins | DFL | 2002 | Joe Atkins | DFL | 9,831 | 64.47 | DFL |
| 52B | Joe Atkins | DFL | 2002 | Don Lee | Republican | 5,405 | 35.45 | DFL |
| 53A | JoAnn Ward | DFL | 2012 | JoAnn Ward | DFL | 8,420 | 58.36 | DFL |
| 53A | JoAnn Ward | DFL | 2012 | Lukas Czech | Republican | 5,983 | 41.47 | DFL |
| 53B | Andrea Kieffer‡ | Republican | 2010 | Kelly Fenton | Republican | 8,634 | 56.93 | Republican |
| 53B | Andrea Kieffer‡ | Republican | 2010 | Kay Hendrickson | DFL | 6,515 | 42.96 | Republican |
| 54A | Dan Schoen | DFL | 2012 | Dan Schoen | DFL | 7,047 | 55.52 | DFL |
| 54A | Dan Schoen | DFL | 2012 | Matthew Kowalski | Republican | 5,629 | 44.35 | DFL |
| 54B | Denny McNamara | Republican | 2002 | Denny McNamara | Republican | 8,853 | 60.54 | Republican |
| 54B | Denny McNamara | Republican | 2002 | Donald Slaten | DFL | 5,750 | 39.32 | Republican |
| 55A | Mike Beard‡ | Republican | 2002 | Bob Loonan | Republican | 6,439 | 56.75 | Republican |
| 55A | Mike Beard‡ | Republican | 2002 | Jay Whiting | DFL | 4,398 | 38.76 | Republican |
| 55A | Mike Beard‡ | Republican | 2002 | Derek Thury | Independence | 500 | 4.41 | Republican |
| 55B | Tony Albright | Republican | 2012 | Tony Albright | Republican | 9,278 | 61.00 | Republican |
| 55B | Tony Albright | Republican | 2012 | Kevin Burkart | DFL | 5,422 | 35.65 | Republican |
| 55B | Tony Albright | Republican | 2012 | Josh Ondich | Independence | 507 | 3.33 | Republican |
| 56A | Pam Myhra‡ | Republican | 2010 | Drew Christensen | Republican | 7,498 | 55.81 | Republican |
| 56A | Pam Myhra‡ | Republican | 2010 | Dan Kimmel | DFL | 5,913 | 44.01 | Republican |
| 56B | Will Morgan | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Roz Peterson | Republican | 7,856 | 53.99 | Republican |
| 56B | Will Morgan | DFL | 2006, 2012† | Will Morgan | DFL | 6,669 | 45.83 | Republican |
| 57A | Tara Mack | Republican | 2008 | Tara Mack | Republican | 8,347 | 58.44 | Republican |
| 57A | Tara Mack | Republican | 2008 | Bruce Folken | DFL | 5,931 | 41.52 | Republican |
| 57B | Anna Wills | Republican | 2012 | Anna Wills | Republican | 9,083 | 58.40 | Republican |
| 57B | Anna Wills | Republican | 2012 | Denise Packard | DFL | 6,458 | 41.53 | Republican |
| 58A | Mary Liz Holberg‡ | Republican | 1998 | Jon Koznick | Republican | 8,021 | 55.28 | Republican |
| 58A | Mary Liz Holberg‡ | Republican | 1998 | Amy Willingham | DFL | 6,476 | 44.63 | Republican |
| 58B | Pat Garofalo | Republican | 2004 | Pat Garofalo | Republican | 8,878 | 63.85 | Republican |
| 58B | Pat Garofalo | Republican | 2004 | Marla Vagts | DFL | 5,008 | 36.02 | Republican |
| 59A | Joe Mullery | DFL | 1996 | Joe Mullery | DFL | 7,358 | 81.98 | DFL |
| 59A | Joe Mullery | DFL | 1996 | Fred Statema | Republican | 1,547 | 17.24 | DFL |
| 59B | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 2012 | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 8,671 | 78.10 | DFL |
| 59B | Raymond Dehn | DFL | 2012 | Margaret Martin | Republican | 2,378 | 21.42 | DFL |
| 60A | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 2004 | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 11,819 | 82.42 | DFL |
| 60A | Diane Loeffler | DFL | 2004 | Brent Millsop | Republican | 2,472 | 17.24 | DFL |
| 60B | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | 1972 | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | 7,908 | 76.89 | DFL |
| 60B | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | 1972 | Abdimalik Askar | Republican | 2,298 | 22.34 | DFL |
| 61A | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 2002 | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 14,239 | 80.79 | DFL |
| 61A | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 2002 | Frank Taylor | Republican | 3,341 | 18.96 | DFL |
| 61B | Paul Thissen | DFL | 2002 | Paul Thissen | DFL | 14,740 | 80.94 | DFL |
| 61B | Paul Thissen | DFL | 2002 | Tom Gallagher | Republican | 3,445 | 18.92 | DFL |
| 62A | Karen Clark | DFL | 1980 | Karen Clark | DFL | 6,632 | 82.13 | DFL |
| 62A | Karen Clark | DFL | 1980 | Yolandita Colon | Independence | 773 | 9.57 | DFL |
| 62A | Karen Clark | DFL | 1980 | Bruce Lundeen | Republican | 650 | 8.05 | DFL |
| 62B | Susan Allen | DFL | 2012* | Susan Allen | DFL | 11,495 | 88.66 | DFL |
| 62B | Susan Allen | DFL | 2012* | Julie Hanson | Republican | 1,417 | 10.93 | DFL |
| 63A | Jim Davnie | DFL | 2000 | Jim Davnie | DFL | 15,026 | 86.44 | DFL |
| 63A | Jim Davnie | DFL | 2000 | Kyle Bragg | Republican | 2,297 | 13.21 | DFL |
| 63B | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 1986 | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 12,447 | 75.06 | DFL |
| 63B | Jean Wagenius | DFL | 1986 | Andres Hortillosa | Republican | 4,086 | 24.64 | DFL |
| 64A | Erin Murphy | DFL | 2006 | Erin Murphy | DFL | 13,193 | 81.21 | DFL |
| 64A | Erin Murphy | DFL | 2006 | Andrew Brown | Republican | 3,009 | 18.52 | DFL |
| 64B | Michael Paymar‡ | DFL | 1996 | Dave Pinto | DFL | 13,356 | 73.49 | DFL |
| 64B | Michael Paymar‡ | DFL | 1996 | Daniel Surman | Republican | 4,771 | 26.25 | DFL |
| 65A | Rena Moran | DFL | 2010 | Rena Moran | DFL | 6,626 | 71.20 | DFL |
| 65A | Rena Moran | DFL | 2010 | Anthony Meschke | Republican | 1,358 | 14.59 | DFL |
| 65A | Rena Moran | DFL | 2010 | Lena Buggs | Green | 1,308 | 14.06 | DFL |
| 65B | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 1990 | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 8,590 | 77.54 | DFL |
| 65B | Carlos Mariani | DFL | 1990 | Tony Athen | Republican | 2,427 | 21.91 | DFL |
| 66A | Alice Hausman | DFL | 1989* | Alice Hausman | DFL | 11,100 | 67.09 | DFL |
| 66A | Alice Hausman | DFL | 1989* | Jon Heyer | Republican | 5,421 | 32.76 | DFL |
| 66B | John Lesch | DFL | 2002 | John Lesch | DFL | 7,047 | 76.41 | DFL |
| 66B | John Lesch | DFL | 2002 | Lizz Paulson | Republican | 2,127 | 23.06 | DFL |
| 67A | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 1998 | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 5,400 | 72.43 | DFL |
| 67A | Tim Mahoney | DFL | 1998 | Andrew Livingston | Republican | 2,032 | 27.26 | DFL |
| 67B | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 2000 | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 6,222 | 72.82 | DFL |
| 67B | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | 2000 | John Quinn | Republican | 2,289 | 26.79 | DFL |
    *Elected in a special election.
    †Elected to non-consecutive terms.
    ‡Retiring; not seeking re-election.
    The following sought election but later withdrew and did not file an affidavit of candidacy.
| District | Candidates | Party |
| 7A | Gary Anderson | DFL |
| 7A | Donna Bergstrom | Republican |
| 7A | Pete Johnson | DFL |
| 7A | Linda Krug | DFL |
| 8B | Sue Nelson | Republican |
| 11A | James Hamilton | Republican |
| 14B | Paul Brandmire | Republican |
| 17A | Gary Nelson | Republican |
| 19B | Karen Foreman | DFL |
| 20A | Cary Coop | DFL |
| 20A | Benjamin Rohloff | Republican |
| 24A | Craig Brenden | DFL |
| 24B | Deb Salonek | Libertarian |
| 27A | Milan Hart | Republican |
| 31A | Mark Korin | Republican |
| 34B | Dean Henke | Republican |
| 35A | Don Huizenga | Republican |
| 35A | Jason Tossey | Republican |
| 37A | Chris Stolarzyk | Republican |
| 42B | Michelle Manke | Republican |
| 46B | Eric Margolis | DFL |
| 47A | Keith Pickering | DFL |
| 49A | Polly Peterson Bowles | Republican |
| 64B | Matthew Bergeron | DFL |
| 64B | Greta Bergstrom | DFL |
| 64B | Beth Fraser | DFL |
| 64B | Matt Freeman | DFL |
| 64B | Melanie McMahon | DFL |
| 64B | Gloria Zaiger | DFL |

### Seats changing parties

| Party | Incumbent | District | First elected | Defeated by | Party |
| DFL | Zach Dorholt | 14B | 2012 | Jim Knoblach | Republican |
| DFL | Roger Erickson | 2A | 2012 | Dave Hancock | Republican |
| DFL | Andrew Falk | 17A | 2008 | Tim Miller | Republican |
| DFL | Tim Faust | 11B | 2006, 2012* | Jason Rarick | Republican |
| DFL | Patti Fritz | 24B | 2004 | Brian Daniels | Republican |
| DFL | Jay McNamar | 12A | 2012 | Jeff Backer | Republican |
| DFL | Will Morgan | 56B | 2006, 2012* | Roz Peterson | Republican |
| DFL | Joe Radinovich | 10B | 2012 | Dale Lueck | Republican |
| DFL | Shannon Savick | 27A | 2012 | Peggy Bennett | Republican |
| DFL | Mary Sawatzky | 17B | 2012 | Dave Baker | Republican |
| DFL | John Ward | 10A | 2006 | Josh Heintzeman | Republican |
    *Elected to non-consecutive terms.

## Analysis

The Republicans made most of their gains in rural districts, continuing a trend of rural districts leaning more towards the Republicans and suburban districts leaning more towards the DFL. Of the 11 districts they gained from the DFL, 10 are outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Seven rural DFL incumbents who voted for legalizing same-sex marriage lost their seats, despite their districts having supported a proposed constitutional amendment in 2012 to ban it. Yet two rural DFL incumbents who voted against legalizing same-sex marriage also lost their seats.
Split-ticket voters determined the outcome of several key races. Nearly 450,000 voters chose one party's candidate for a House seat, but then switched to pick a different party's candidate for the United States Senate or governor. Eight of the 11 districts the DFL lost featured at least some ticket splitting between DFL candidate for governor Mark Dayton and/or U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken and the Republican House candidate. Nearly all of the DFL candidates who lost came from districts in which many voters supported Republicans in previous elections, including candidates for governor Republican Tom Emmer over Democrat Mark Dayton in 2010 and presidential candidates Republican Mitt Romney over Democratic president Barack Obama in 2012.
Outside and party spending reached large levels in several House districts compared to what has been spent in the past as Republican groups focused their attention on the House rather than statewide races. In some races, spending reached $500,000.
Turnout was the lowest in more than 20 years, with slightly over 50 percent of eligible voters having voted. Turnout across the state was lower compared to 2010. It was slightly lower in the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, helping suburban DFL candidates win in those areas. In rural Minnesota, turnout was down by about 10 percentage points since 2010. Much of the drop-off was among DFL voters, while those who did vote in those districts were likely over the age of 45.