Minnesota state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Minnesota in 2024.
General election results
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Retiring incumbents
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Twenty incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of retirements from 2010 to 2022 was 21.6. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Minnesota. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Minnesota in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 12, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
There were 284 candidates running in Minnesota’s August 13 House primaries. Among them were 141 Democrats and 143 Republicans. This was the first time since 2014 that there were were Republicans running for the State House than Democrats.
The average number of candidates running in primary elections for the State House from 2010 to 2022 was 283.6. During the same time frame, the average number of Democrats was 143.9 and the average number of Republicans was 139.7.
All 134 seats of the Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election in 2024. The Minnesota State Senate did not hold elections.
There were 22 contested primaries, including seven Democratic primaries and 15 Republican primaries in 2024. This was a record high for Republicans and below average for Democrats. Between 2010 and 2022, the average number of contested Democratic Minnesota House primaries was 10.1, and the average number of contested Republican primaries was 8.7.
There were 114 total incumbents running for re-election and among them seven, or about 6.1% faced primary challengers. In state legislative primaries from 2010 to 2022, the average percentage of contested incumbents was 7.6%.
Twenty incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024, including 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Between 2010 to 2022, the average number of retiring House Democrats was 11.1 and the average number of retiring House Republicans was 10.4. The average number of House retirements for both parties during those years was 21.6.
Minnesota has had a Democratic trifecta since 2023, and as of July 2024, Democrats had a 68 - 64 majority in the House, and there were two vacancies.
Since 1992, Minnesota has had four years of Democratic trifectas and no Republican trifectas.
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[2]
| Open Seats in Minnesota House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 134 | 20 (15%) | 114 (85%) |
| 2022 | 134 | 40 (30%) | 94 (70%) |
| 2020 | 134 | 15 (11%) | 119 (89%) |
| 2018 | 134 | 23 (17%) | 111 (83%) |
| 2016 | 134 | 15 (11%) | 119 (89%) |
| 2014 | 134 | 15 (11%) | 119 (89%) |
| 2012 | 134 | 28 (21%) | 106 (79%) |
| 2010 | 134 | 15 (11%) | 119 (89%) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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