The 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 88th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2012.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota. This was the first election for the Republicans since it won a majority of seats in the 2010 election, after losing a majority to the DFL in the 2006 election. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.

Primary election results District Party Candidates Votes % 2B Republican Steve Green 790 53.45 David Collins 688 46.55 DFL Brita Sailer 1,188 100.00 4A Republican Travis Reimche 768 69.44 Ken Lucier 262 23.69 Benjamin Larson 76 6.87 DFL Ben Lien 853 74.30 Sue Wiger 295 25.70 6B Republican Jesse Colangelo 689 64.21 Dan Darbo 384 35.79 DFL Jason Metsa 3,396 53.96 Lorrie Janatopoulos 2,590 41.16 Dave Meyer 307 4.88 7A Republican Therese Bower 400 100.00 DFL Tom Huntley 3,337 81.51 Brandon Clokey 757 18.49 8B Republican Mary Franson 1,167 100.00 DFL Bob Cunniff 1,342 75.82 Bruce Campbell 428 24.18 10B Republican Dale Lueck 1,538 100.00 DFL Joe Radinovich 2,422 76.00 David Schaaf 765 24.00 11A Independence Cory Pylkka 27 100.00 Republican Jim Putnam 621 100.00 DFL Mike Sundin 2,364 57.60 Bruce Ahlgren 1,740 42.40 11B Republican Ben Wiener 1,848 57.39 Mitch Pangerl 1,372 42.61 DFL Tim Faust 2,193 62.57 Nathan Johnson 1,312 37.43 15B Republican Jim Newberger 679 100.00 DFL Brian Johnson 480 77.80 Bruno Gad 137 22.20 17B Independence Zachary Liebl 63 100.00 Republican Bruce Vogel 689 100.00 DFL Mary Sawatzky 1,994 65.92 Jessica Rohloff 1,031 34.08 24A Republican John Petersburg 1,488 66.10 Larry Johnson 763 33.90 DFL Craig Brenden 484 100.00 33B Republican Cindy Pugh 2,251 70.34 Steve Smith 949 29.66 DFL Denise Bader 681 100.00 35B Republican Peggy Scott 987 100.00 DFL Sam Scott 497 70.80 Samuel Beard 205 29.20 37B Republican Tim Sanders 978 89.72 Torey Hall 112 10.28 DFL Jon Chlebeck 522 100.00 43A Republican Stacey Stout 774 100.00 DFL Peter Fischer 1,534 53.67 Bob Hill 1,324 46.33 43B Republican Kevin Klein 336 55.45 Bob Zick 270 44.55 DFL Leon Lillie 1,224 100.00 51A Republican Diane Anderson 979 100.00 DFL Sandra Masin 828 88.09 Milton Walden 112 11.91 52A Republican Joe Blum 704 53.74 David Meisinger 606 46.26 DFL Rick Hansen 1,242 100.00 55B Republican Tony Albright 897 78.75 Tim Jesperson 242 21.25 DFL Travis Burton 449 100.00 59A Republican Cindy Lilly 225 100.00 DFL Joe Mullery 1,441 77.27 Marcus Harcus 424 22.73 59B Republican Gary Mazzotta 98 55.37 Bill McGaughey 79 44.63 DFL Raymond Dehn 877 37.15 Terra Cole 857 36.30 Ian Alexander 627 26.56

General election Opinion polling

Polling firm/client Polling period Samplesize Margin oferror () Republican DFL Independence Other UndecidedSurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV November 1–3, 2012 556 ±4.2 40% 48% 6% 6% 1%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 26–28, 2012 574 ±4.2 40% 45% 8% 6% 1%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 12–14, 2012 550 ±4.3 36% 45% 8% 3% 9%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling October 5–8, 2012 937 ±3.2 40% 52% — — 8%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling September 10–11, 2012 824 ±3.4 44% 47% — — 9%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV September 6–9, 2012 551 ±4.3 38% 45% 6% 3% 9%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV July 17–19, 2012 552 ±4.3 40% 45% 8% 2% 6%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling May 31 – June 3, 2012 973 ±3.1 36% 48% — — 16%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling January 21–22, 2012 1,236 ±2.8 39% 48% — — 14%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling May 27–30, 2011 1,179 ±2.9 40% 49% — — 11%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | October 24, 2012

Results

+ Summary of the November 6, 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % ∆ ∆ % Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 132 1,468,364 53.74 5.25 73 11 54.48 Republican Party of Minnesota 132 1,233,214 45.13 5.31 61 11 45.52 Independence Party of Minnesota 10 13,585 0.50 0.10 0 0.00 Constitution Party of Minnesota 2 3,626 0.13 0.06 0 0.00 Ecology Democracy Party 1 1,423 0.05 0.05 0 0.00 Independent 1 2,303 0.08 0.09 0 0.00 Write-in N/A 9,918 0.36 0.18 0 0.00 Total 2,732,433 100.00 ±0.00 134 ±0 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 218,347 7.40 4.13 Turnout (out of 3,861,043 eligible voters) 2,950,780 76.42 20.59

District results