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

General election

Opinion polling Polling firm/client Polling period Samplesize Margin oferror DFL Republican Other UndecidedSurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 27–30, 2014 596 ± 4.1% 44% 43% 5% 7%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 14–16, 2014 597 ± 4.1% 46% 42% 5% 6%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV September 30 – October 2, 2014 577 ± 4.2% 46% 42% 5% 7%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV August 19–21, 2014 600 ± 4.1% 43% 45% 5% 8%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling June 12–15, 2014 633 ± 3.9% 46% 41% — 14%SurveyUSA/KSTP-TVSurveyUSA/KSTP-TV June 5–9, 2014 1017 ± 3.1% 42% 45% 5% 8%Public Policy PollingPublic 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 Candidates Votes Seats % ∆ ∆ % 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 1,916,854 100.00 ±0.00 134 ±0 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 75,712 3.80 3.60 Turnout (out of 3,945,136 eligible voters) 1,992,566 50.51 25.91

District results