2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
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 Democratic (DFL) Leader since April 17, 1992 November 6, 1998 Leader's seat 28B–Kenyon 39A–South St. Paul Last election 69 seats 65 seats Seats before 71 63 Seats won 82 52 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 1,062,076 1,034,046 Percentage 49.13% 47.84%
Speaker before election Steve Sviggum Republican Elected Speaker Steve Sviggum Republican

The 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 83rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.

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 7, 2003.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party of Minnesota	129	1,062,076	49.13	82	11	61.19
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	131	1,034,046	47.84	52	11	38.81
	Independence Party of Minnesota	26	43,530	2.01	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	17	13,164	0.61	0		0.00
	Constitution Party of Minnesota	1	1,324	0.06	0		0.00
	Independent	1	726	0.03	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	6,703	0.31	0		0.00
Total			2,161,569	100.00	134	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			121,291	5.31
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)[1]			2,282,860	64.89	5.22 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 2002
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002

References