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Bill Dahn
Bill Dahn (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 44B. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Bill Dahn and TJ Hawthorne in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leon Lillie (D) | 56.4 | 12,369 |
| Bill Dahn (R) | 37.6 | 8,254 | ||
 | TJ Hawthorne (L) | 5.9 | 1,298 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 21,950 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Bill Dahn advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dahn in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Minnesota
Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Jim Schultz and Laurice Anderson in the general election for Attorney General of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keith Ellison (D) | 50.4 | 1,254,371 |
 | Jim Schultz (R) | 49.5 | 1,233,556 | |
| Laurice Anderson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,362 | ||
| Total votes: 2,490,301 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota
Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Bill Dahn in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Ellison | 89.3 | 378,367 |
| Bill Dahn | 10.7 | 45,110 | ||
| Total votes: 423,477 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota
Jim Schultz defeated Doug Wardlow and Sharon Anderson in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Schultz | 52.5 | 163,944 |
 | Doug Wardlow | 34.8 | 108,537 | |
 | Sharon Anderson | 12.7 | 39,723 | |
| Total votes: 312,204 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Smith (R)
- Tad Jude (R)
- Lynne Torgerson (R)
Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A
Tou Xiong defeated Andy Turonie in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tou Xiong (D) | 61.2 | 11,526 |
| Andy Turonie (R) | 38.7 | 7,293 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 18,840 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A
Tou Xiong advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tou Xiong | 100.0 | 3,429 |
| Total votes: 3,429 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A
Andy Turonie defeated Bill Dahn in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 53A on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andy Turonie | 56.9 | 970 | |
| Bill Dahn | 43.1 | 736 | ||
| Total votes: 1,706 | |||
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2016
- See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.
Incumbent Susan Kent defeated Sharna Wahlgren in the Minnesota State Senate District 53 general election.[1][2]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 53 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Susan Kent Incumbent |
50.44% | 23,035 | |
| Republican | Sharna Wahlgren | 49.56% | 22,636 | |
| Total Votes | 45,671 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Susan Kent ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 53 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Susan Kent Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Sharna Wahlgren defeated Bill Dahn in the Minnesota State Senate District 53 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Minnesota State Senate, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sharna Wahlgren |
65.81% | 745 | |
| Republican | Bill Dahn | 34.19% | 387 | |
| Total Votes | 1,132 | |||
2014
- See also: Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2014
Dahn was running for election as Governor of Minnesota. He lost the Democratic nomination in the open primary election on August 12. Current incumbent Mark Dayton, a Democrat first elected governor in 2010, ran for a second term in 2014.[5]
The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Mark Dayton/Tina Smith |
93% | 177,849 | ||
| Leslie Davis/Gregory K. Soderberg | 4.5% | 8,530 | ||
| Bill Dahn/James Vigliotti | 2.6% | 4,880 | ||
| Total Votes | 191,259 | |||
| Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State. | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Dahn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Bill Dahn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ The Star Tribune, "Republican Scott Honour jumps into governor's race," April 24, 2013
