United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota took place in the U.S. State of Minnesota on November 4, 2014, to elect Minnesota's eight representatives in the United States House of Representatives for two-year terms, one from each of Minnesota's eight congressional districts. Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014.
In these elections, Minnesotans elected their oldest U.S. House delegation across the 80 cycles since statehood, at an average age of 58.8 years: Rick Nolan (age 70), Collin Peterson (70), John Kline (67), Betty McCollum (60), Keith Ellison (51), Tom Emmer (53), Tim Walz (50) and Erik Paulsen (49).[1]
Contents
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014[2] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats Before | Seats After | +/– | |
Democratic Farmer-Labor | 985,760 | 50.20% | 5 | 5 | - | |
Republican | 913,539 | 46.53% | 3 | 3 | - | |
Independence | 50,836 | 2.59% | 0 | 0 | - | |
Green | 11,450 | 0.58% | 0 | 0 | - | |
Others | 1,954 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | - | |
Totals | 1,963,539 | 100.00% | 8 | 8 | — |
District 1
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DFL incumbent Tim Walz has represented the 1st district since 2007.
Republican State Representative Mike Benson,[3] Jim Hagedorn of Blue Earth and U.S. Army veteran Aaron Miller of Byron all sought the nomination to challenge Walz. Hagedorn and Miller had pledged to abide by the Republican endorsement while Benson did not.[4] On April 5, 2014, Aaron Miller won the GOP endorsement.[5] Benson and Hagedorn then withdrew, though Hagedorn re-entered the race on May 18, expressing concerns that Miller was not dedicating enough time to the race.[6]
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Tim Walz, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Tim Walz | 19,983 | 100 |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Withdrew
- Mike Benson, State Representative[5]
- Declined
- Jeremy Miller, State Senator[8]
Results
Republican primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Jim Hagedorn | 12,748 | 53.98 | |
Republican | Aaron Miller | 10,870 | 46.02 | |
Total votes | 23,618 | 100.00 |
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Tim Walz (DFL) |
Jim Hagedorn (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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Harper Polling* | September 9–10, 2014 | 437 | ± 4.69% | 38% | 32% | — | 31% |
- * Internal poll for the Jim Hagedorn campaign
Results
Minnesota's 1st Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Tim Walz (Incumbent) | 122,851 | 54.19 | |
Republican | Jim Hagedorn | 103,536 | 45.67 | |
Write-in | Others | 308 | 0.14 | |
Majority | 19,315 | 8.52% | ||
Total votes | 226,695 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 2
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Republican Representative John Kline was rumored to be interested in running for Governor of Minnesota or the United States Senate. Instead, he announced he would seek re-election. David Gerson challenged Kline for the Republican nomination but conceded after Kline won the Republican endorsement.[10]
The 2014 election in the 2nd district is expected to be one of the tightest congressional races in the country. Kline's district was one of 17 Republican congressional districts to vote for President Barack Obama in 2012, and polling data suggests a Democratic challenger could unseat Kline.[11]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Declared
- John Kline, incumbent U.S. Representative[12]
- Withdrew
- Declined
- Kurt Bills, former State Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012[14]
- Chris Gerlach, State Senator and Dakota County Commissioner[14]
- Pat Garofalo, State Representative[14]
- Kelby Woodard, State Representative[14]
Results
Republican primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Kline | 18,236 | 100 |
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Mike Obermueller, who lost to Kline in 2012, is running.[12] He won the DFL endorsement on April 26, 2014.[15] Sona Mehring, the founder of CaringBridge, declared her candidacy, but dropped out of the race three weeks later.[16] Thomas Craft, who volunteered for Obermueller in the 2012 race, declared his candidacy in July 2013 and positioned himself as a fiscally conservative, socially liberal alternative to Kline and Obermueller.[17] Craft ceased his campaign after Obermueller won the DFL endorsement.[15] Eagan quality assurance analyst Paula Overby sought the DFL endorsement but withdrew after Obermueller won it and is now the Independence Party nominee.[15][18]
- Declared
- Mike Obermueller, former State Representative and nominee for the seat in 2012[12]
- Michael Roberts[19]
- Withdrew
- Thomas Craft, IT consultant[15]
- Sona Mehring, founder of CaringBridge[16]
- Paula Overby, quality assurance analyst (ran for the Independence nomination)[15]
Results
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Mike Obermueller | 12,361 | 82.50 | |
DFL | Michael J. Roberts | 2,622 | 17.50 | |
Total votes | 14,983 | 100 |
Independence primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Paula Overby, quality assurance analyst[20]
Results
Independence primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Independence | Paula Overby | 461 | 100 |
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
John Kline (R) |
Mike Obermueller (DFL) |
Other | Undecided |
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Remington Research Group | September 18–21, 2014 | 568 | ± 4.1% | 54% | 32% | 4%[21] | 10% |
Public Policy Polling | October 21–22, 2013 | 825 | ± 3.4% | 38% | 42% | — | 20% |
Results
Minnesota's 2nd Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John Kline (Incumbent) | 137,778 | 56.04 | |
DFL | Mike Obermueller | 95,565 | 38.87 | |
Independence | Paula Overby | 12,319 | 5.01 | |
Write-in | Others | 186 | 0.08 | |
Majority | 42,212 | 17.17% | ||
Total votes | 245,848 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3
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Republican U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen considered running for Governor or the United States Senate in 2014. He announced he would seek re-election to the U.S. House instead.[22]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Erik Paulsen, incumbent U.S. Representative[22]
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Sharon Sund, businesswoman[23]
- Declined
- James Lawrence, businessman[24]
- Don Shelby, former WCCO-TV anchor[25]
General election
Results
Minnesota's 3rd Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Erik Paulsen (Incumbent) | 167,515 | 62.14 | |
DFL | Sharon Sund | 101,846 | 37.78 | |
Write-in | Others | 224 | 0.08 | |
Majority | 65,669 | 24.36% | ||
Total votes | 269,585 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Betty McCollum, incumbent U.S. Representative[19]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Sharna Wahlgren[19]
Independence primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Dave Thomas, educator, firefighter and Iraq War veteran[19]
General election
Results
Minnesota's 4th Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Betty McCollum (Incumbent) | 147,857 | 61.19 | |
Republican | Sharna Wahlgren | 79,492 | 32.19 | |
Independence | Dave Thomas | 14,059 | 5.82 | |
Write-in | Others | 229 | 0.09 | |
Majority | 68,365 | 28.29% | ||
Total votes | 241,637 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Keith Ellison, incumbent U.S Representative[19]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Doug Daggett[19]
Independence primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Lee Bauer[19]
General election
Results
Minnesota's 5th Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 167,079 | 70.79 | |
Republican | Doug Daggett | 56,577 | 23.97 | |
Independence | Lee Bauer | 12,001 | 5.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 353 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 110,502 | 46.82% | ||
Total votes | 236,010 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 6
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Republican U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann won re-election in 2012, defeating DFL nominee Jim Graves by approximately 1.2 percentage points, although fellow Republican Mitt Romney received 56% of the vote to Democrat Barack Obama's 41% in this district in the 2012 presidential election. Bachmann announced on May 29, 2013, that she would not seek re-election.[26] Graves, who had previously said he would run again, said he would continue to run.[27] However, on May 31, 2013, Graves announced that he was suspending his campaign.[28]
Former State Representative and 2010 gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer and Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah are seeking the Republican nomination.[29][30][31] Allan Levene, a Kennesaw, Georgia resident who sought the Republican nomination in four congressional districts in four separate states, including Minnesota, ultimately did not file an affidavit of candidacy.[32]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Declared
- Tom Emmer, former State Representative and nominee for Governor in 2010[29]
- Rhonda Sivarajah, Anoka County Commissioner[30]
- Withdrew
- Phil Krinkie, former State Representative[33]
- Allan Levene, resident of Georgia running in three other congressional races[32]
- John Pederson, State Senator[34]
- Declined
- Michele Bachmann, incumbent U.S. Representative[26]
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Tom Emmer |
Phil Krinkie |
Rhonda Sivarajah |
Undecided |
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Public Opinion Strategies* | April 16–17, 2014 | 300 | ± 5.66% | 73% | 4% | 5% | 18% |
- * Internal poll for the Tom Emmer campaign.
Results
Republican primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Emmer | 19,557 | 73.3 | |
Republican | Rhonda Sivarajah | 7,125 | 26.7 | |
Total votes | 26,682 | 100 |
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Joe Perske, Mayor of Sartell, Minnesota, is the DFL endorsed candidate and nominee. Judy Adams, a painter and environmental activist, and Jim Read, an author and professor of political science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, both withdrew after failing to win the DFL endorsement.[35][36][37][38]
Candidates
- Nominee
- Withdrew
- Judy Adams, environmental activist[35][38]
- Jim Graves, businessman and nominee for the seat in 2012[28]
- Jim Read, professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University[37][38]
Results
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Joe Perske | 10,070 | 100 |
Independence primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- John Denney[19]
Results
Independence primary results[7] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Independence | John Denney | 467 | 100 |
General election
Results
Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Tom Emmer | 133,328 | 56.29 | |
DFL | Joe Perske | 90,926 | 38.39 | |
Independence | John Denney | 12,457 | 5.26 | |
Write-in | Others | 135 | 0.06 | |
Majority | 42,402 | 17.9% | ||
Total votes | 236,846 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
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The 7th district covers almost the entire western side of Minnesota. It is the largest district in the state and one of the largest in the country and includes the cities of Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Alexandria and Willmar. The incumbent is DFLer Collin Peterson, who has represented the district since 1991. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+6.
In 2013, Republicans began pressuring Peterson, in hopes of convincing him to retire. His seat is one of only a handful that is represented by a Democrat but was carried by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the 2012 election and was seen as a top pick-up opportunity had Peterson retired. Their tactics included airing television advertisements, hiring a press staffer to give opposition research to reporters, hiring a tracker to follow him around his district and record him, and sending mobile billboards with critical statements on them to drive around his hometown. Peterson responded by saying "They don't have anybody else to go after. It's kind of ridiculous, but whatever."[39][40] After Republicans spread rumors that Peterson was planning to buy a house in Florida and retire there, he said: "I went from neutral on running again to 90 percent just because of this stupid stuff they're doing. You can't let these people be in charge of anything, in my opinion."[41] On March 17, 2014, Peterson officially announced that he was running for re-election, saying, "I still have a lot of work to do".[42]
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Collin Peterson, incumbent U.S. Representative[42]
- Declined
- Paul Marquart, State Representative[14]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Torrey Westrom, State Senator[43]
- Declined
- Dan Fabian, State Representative[14]
- Mary Franson, State Representative[14]
- Bill Ingebrigtsen, State Senator[14]
- Morrie Lanning, former State Representative[14]
- Marty Seifert, former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives and candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2010 and 2014[14]
- Scott Van Binsbergen, businessman[14]
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Collin Peterson (DFL) |
Torrey Westrom (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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Tarrance Group* | October 12–14, 2014 | 300 | ± 5.8% | 43% | 44% | — | 13% |
SurveyUSA | October 3–6, 2014 | 545 | ± 4.3% | 50% | 41% | — | 10% |
Tarrance Group^ | September 21–23, 2014 | 402 | ± 4.9% | 45% | 40% | — | 15% |
Global Strategy Group** | September 4–7, 2014 | 405 | ± 4.9% | 53% | 29% | — | 18% |
Tarrance Group* | February 3–5, 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 46% | 39% | — | 15% |
- * Internal poll for the National Republican Congressional Committee
- ^ Internal poll for the Torrey Westrom campaign
- ** Internal poll for the Collin Peterson campaign
Results
Minnesota's 7th Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Collin Peterson (Incumbent) | 130,546 | 54.21 | |
Republican | Torrey Westrom | 109,955 | 45.66 | |
Write-in | Others | 334 | 0.14 | |
Majority | 20,591 | 8.55% | ||
Total votes | 240,835 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Rick Nolan, incumbent U.S. Representative[19]
Republican primary
Candidates
- Nominee
- Stewart Mills III, Mills Fleet Farm executive[44]
Green Party
- Nominee
- Skip Sandman
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rick Nolan (DFL) |
Stewart Mills (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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KSTP/SurveyUSA | October 9–12, 2014 | 555 | ± 4.2% | 39% | 47% | 4%[45] | 11% |
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner* | September 25–28, 2014 | 405 | ± 4.9% | 48% | 37% | 7%[45] | 9% |
- * Internal poll for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Results
Minnesota's 8th Congressional district election, 2014[9] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
DFL | Rick Nolan (Incumbent) | 129,090 | 48.51 | |
Republican | Stewart Mills III | 125,358 | 47.11 | |
Green | Skip Sandman | 11,450 | 4.3 | |
Write-in | Others | 185 | 0.07 | |
Majority | 3,732 | 1.4% | ||
Total votes | 266,083 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
References
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