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Kurt Daudt
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Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A
Successor: Harry Niska

Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B
Successor: Bryan Lawrence
Predecessor: Patricia Mueller

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Kurt Daudt (Republican Party) was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 27B. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. He left office on February 11, 2024.

Daudt (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 27B. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Daudt resigned from his position as State Representative for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B on February 11, 2024.[1]

Daudt served as State Representative for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A from 2011-2023. Daudt served as state House Minority Leader from 2019 to 2023. Prior to that, he served as minority leader from 2013 to 2014.[2]


Biography

Kurt Daudt lives in Crown, Minnesota. Daudt has served on the Isanti County Commission and co-founded Project 24.[3]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Daudt was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Daudt was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Daudt was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Daudt, as Speaker, did not serve on a committee.

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Daudt served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
Elections
Rules and Legislative Administration

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Daudt served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B

Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Brad Brown in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kurt Daudt
Kurt Daudt (R)
 
73.2
 
13,249
Brad Brown (D)
 
26.6
 
4,815
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
29

Total votes: 18,093
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B

Brad Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Brown
 
100.0
 
793

Total votes: 793
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B

Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Rachel Davis in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kurt Daudt
Kurt Daudt
 
73.2
 
2,190
Rachel Davis
 
26.8
 
802

Total votes: 2,992
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2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Brad Brown in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kurt Daudt
Kurt Daudt (R)
 
72.8
 
17,960
Brad Brown (D)
 
27.0
 
6,664
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
33

Total votes: 24,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Brad Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Brown
 
100.0
 
1,277

Total votes: 1,277
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Beau Hullermann in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kurt Daudt
Kurt Daudt
 
86.5
 
1,940
Beau Hullermann
 
13.5
 
304

Total votes: 2,244
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Brad Brown in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kurt Daudt
Kurt Daudt (R)
 
69.1
 
12,326
Brad Brown (D)
 
30.8
 
5,501
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Total votes: 17,843
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Brad Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on August 14, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A

Incumbent Kurt Daudt advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Kurt Daudt

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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives 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 Kurt Daudt defeated Sarah Udvig in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A general election.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31A General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kurt Daudt Incumbent 70.47% 14,815
     Democratic Sarah Udvig 29.53% 6,208
Total Votes 21,023
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Sarah Udvig ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A Democratic primary.[6][7]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31A Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sarah Udvig  (unopposed)


Incumbent Kurt Daudt defeated Alan Duff in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A Republican primary.[6][7]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31A Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kurt Daudt Incumbent 72.11% 1,722
     Republican Alan Duff 27.89% 666
Total Votes 2,388

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Kurt Daudt was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[8][9][10]

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Daudt won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A. He was unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14 and defeated Ryan Fiereck (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[11]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31A, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKurt Daudt Incumbent 60.5% 11,990
     Democratic Ryan Fiereck 39.5% 7,823
Total Votes 19,813

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Daudt won election to the District 17A seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Jim Godfrey (DFL) and Paul Bergley (C) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[12]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 17A (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Jim Godfrey (DFL) 7,044 40.11%
Green check mark transparent.png Kurt Daudt (R) 9,840 56.05%
Paul Bergley (C) 657 3.74%
Write-In 19 0.11%

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Kurt Daudt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Daudt's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]

Second Amendment

  • Excerpt: "Kurt is an avid sportsman and member of the N.R.A.. He will fight in St. Paul to preserve our Second Amendment rights."

Strong Families

  • Excerpt: "Commissioner Daudt believes that strong families are critical to society. He supports traditional marriage."

Property Rights

  • Excerpt: "As an Isanti County Commissioner for 6 years, Kurt has been a defender of property rights. "

Life

  • Excerpt: "Kurt is pro-life and will work to protect life from conception to natural death."

Fiscal Conservative

  • Excerpt: "As your Representative, Kurt will oppose mandates from the state on local governments and school districts that result in increased costs."

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Kurt Daudt endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[14]

Campaign finance summary


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Kurt Daudt campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 27BWon general$89,775 $90,520
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 31AWon general$77,157 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 31AWon general$111,971 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31aWon $103,419 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 31aWon $57,810 N/A**
2012Minnesota State House, District 31AWon $21,017 N/A**
2010Minnesota State House, District 17AWon $25,513 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Daudt was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Minnesota.[15] In the Minnesota Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016, Marco Rubio won 17 delegates, Ted Cruz won 13, and Donald Trump won eight. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Daudt was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Minnesota’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[16]

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Minnesota, 2016 and Republican delegates from Minnesota, 2016

Delegates from Minnesota to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Minnesota were bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate "withdrew" from the race prior to the convention.

Minnesota caucus results

See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2016
Minnesota Republican Caucus, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Donald Trump 21.4% 24,473 8
Green check mark transparent.pngMarco Rubio 36.2% 41,397 17
Ted Cruz 29% 33,181 13
John Kasich 5.7% 6,565 0
Ben Carson 7.4% 8,422 0
Other 0.2% 207 0
Totals 114,245 38
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
Logo-GOP.png

Minnesota had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates.[17][18]

Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 85 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large and district-level delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[17][18]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. ‘’CBS News,’’ “Former Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt resigns from state legislature,” accessed February 12, 2024
  2. Star Tribune, "Rep. Kurt Daudt elected state House speaker-designate," November 7, 2014
  3. State Representative Kurt Daudt, "Home," accessed April 24, 2023
  4. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
  5. Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
  6. 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
  7. 7.0 7.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
  8. Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
  9. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
  10. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
  11. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 18, 2012
  12. Minnesota Secretary of State, "2010 Election Results," accessed March 9, 2014
  13. "kurtdaudt," Official Campaign Website
  14. Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of Minnesota Leaders," February 3, 2012
  15. MN GOP, "National Delegates and Alternates," accessed June 20, 2016
  16. To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  18. 18.0 18.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016

Political offices
Preceded by
Patricia Mueller (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 27B
2023-2024
Succeeded by
Bryan Lawrence (R)
Preceded by
-
Minnesota House of Representatives District 31A
2011-2023
Succeeded by
Harry Niska (R)


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Majority Leader:Harry Niska
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