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2006 US House elections in Minnesota
Minnesota elected 8 members of the House in 2006: Democrats won 5 seats and Republicans 3.
The closest was the 1st district, decided by 5.6 points: Tim Walz (Democrat) beat Gil Gutknecht (Republican), 52.7% to 47.1%, a margin of 5.6 points and 15,070 votes.
In the House vote by county, Democrats led in 66 of the 87 counties and Republicans in 21. The largest, Hennepin, cast 484,266 votes and went to the Republican by 0.2 points. The closest was Jackson, where 16 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Every district
| District | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Others | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Walz | 141,556 (52.7%) | Gil Gutknecht | 126,486 (47.1%) | 379 | D+5.6 |
| 2 | Coleen Rowley | 116,343 (40.0%) | John Kline | 163,269 (56.2%) | 10,928 | R+16.2 |
| 3 | Wendy Wilde | 99,588 (35.0%) | Jim Ramstad | 184,333 (64.9%) | 323 | R+29.8 |
| 4 | Betty McCollum | 172,096 (69.5%) | Obi Sium | 74,797 (30.2%) | 573 | D+39.3 |
| 5 | Keith Ellison | 136,060 (55.6%) | Alan Fine | 52,263 (21.3%) | 56,582 | D+34.2 |
| 6 | Patty Wetterling | 127,144 (42.1%) | Michele Bachmann | 151,248 (50.1%) | 23,796 | R+8.0 |
| 7 | Collin C. Peterson | 179,164 (69.7%) | Michael J. Barrett | 74,557 (29.0%) | 3,473 | D+40.7 |
| 8 | James L. Oberstar | 180,670 (63.6%) | Rod Grams | 97,683 (34.4%) | 5,663 | D+29.2 |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin | 216,175 44.6% | 216,921 44.8% | 51,170 | 484,266 | R+0.2 |
| Ramsey | 142,132 70.5% | 59,273 29.4% | 223 | 201,628 | D+41.1 |
| Dakota | 75,108 45.6% | 84,663 51.4% | 4,785 | 164,556 | R+5.8 |
| Anoka | 56,834 43.1% | 63,391 48.0% | 11,757 | 131,982 | R+5.0 |
| Washington | 50,752 49.2% | 46,590 45.1% | 5,857 | 103,199 | D+4.0 |
| Saint Louis | 66,026 73.6% | 21,291 23.7% | 2,352 | 89,669 | D+49.9 |
| Stearns | 25,535 44.8% | 27,172 47.7% | 4,284 | 56,991 | R+2.9 |
| Olmsted | 28,982 51.6% | 27,134 48.4% | 56,116 | D+3.3 | |
| Wright | 18,059 38.2% | 25,664 54.3% | 3,500 | 47,223 | R+16.1 |
| Scott | 16,582 35.7% | 28,074 60.5% | 1,757 | 46,413 | R+24.8 |
| Carver | 11,732 32.8% | 22,854 63.8% | 1,220 | 35,806 | R+31.1 |
| Sherburne | 12,269 38.6% | 17,104 53.8% | 2,393 | 31,766 | R+15.2 |
| Crow Wing | 15,019 55.0% | 11,920 43.6% | 371 | 27,310 | D+11.3 |
| Blue Earth | 15,509 61.2% | 9,829 38.8% | 25,338 | D+22.4 | |
| Otter Tail | 16,465 66.0% | 8,202 32.9% | 288 | 24,955 | D+33.1 |
| Rice | 11,714 48.5% | 11,477 47.5% | 975 | 24,166 | D+1.0 |
| Chisago | 12,639 58.4% | 8,708 40.2% | 304 | 21,651 | D+18.2 |
| Goodhue | 8,088 40.4% | 11,081 55.3% | 862 | 20,031 | R+14.9 |
| Winona | 11,458 58.3% | 8,194 41.7% | 19,652 | D+16.6 | |
| Clay | 15,027 77.5% | 4,113 21.2% | 256 | 19,396 | D+56.3 |
| Itasca | 12,575 65.0% | 6,413 33.1% | 366 | 19,354 | D+31.8 |
| Kandiyohi | 11,488 64.9% | 6,000 33.9% | 204 | 17,692 | D+31.0 |
| Beltrami | 11,247 67.4% | 5,259 31.5% | 190 | 16,696 | D+35.9 |
| Douglas | 10,446 64.1% | 5,655 34.7% | 183 | 16,284 | D+29.4 |
| Mower | 9,917 62.0% | 6,069 38.0% | 4 | 15,990 | D+24.1 |
| Steele | 7,006 46.2% | 8,166 53.8% | 15,172 | R+7.6 | |
| Freeborn | 8,545 56.6% | 6,541 43.4% | 15,086 | D+13.3 | |
| Isanti | 7,936 54.5% | 6,419 44.1% | 200 | 14,555 | D+10.4 |
| Nicollet | 8,619 60.1% | 5,722 39.9% | 14,341 | D+20.2 | |
| McLeod | 7,921 55.5% | 6,058 42.4% | 299 | 14,278 | D+13.0 |
| Benton | 5,710 40.3% | 7,152 50.4% | 1,324 | 14,186 | R+10.2 |
| Carlton | 10,072 71.2% | 3,738 26.4% | 344 | 14,154 | D+44.8 |
| Morrison | 7,282 53.4% | 6,117 44.8% | 240 | 13,639 | D+8.5 |
| Becker | 9,682 73.0% | 3,414 25.7% | 172 | 13,268 | D+47.2 |
| Cass | 6,767 54.4% | 5,488 44.1% | 178 | 12,433 | D+10.3 |
| Polk | 9,413 78.7% | 2,471 20.6% | 83 | 11,967 | D+58.0 |
| Brown | 5,263 45.4% | 6,320 54.6% | 11,583 | R+9.1 | |
| Le Sueur | 4,591 40.2% | 6,232 54.6% | 594 | 11,417 | R+14.4 |
| Pine | 7,134 64.0% | 3,813 34.2% | 204 | 11,151 | D+29.8 |
| Meeker | 6,417 62.5% | 3,655 35.6% | 188 | 10,260 | D+26.9 |
| Mille Lacs | 5,877 57.5% | 4,166 40.7% | 186 | 10,229 | D+16.7 |
| Todd | 6,640 66.0% | 3,233 32.1% | 185 | 10,058 | D+33.9 |
| Hubbard | 5,164 53.1% | 4,439 45.6% | 124 | 9,727 | D+7.5 |
| Wabasha | 4,749 50.7% | 4,626 49.3% | 9,375 | D+1.3 | |
| Lyon | 5,800 62.1% | 3,439 36.8% | 105 | 9,344 | D+25.3 |
| Fillmore | 5,101 54.9% | 4,196 45.1% | 9,297 | D+9.7 | |
| Houston | 4,583 51.3% | 4,359 48.7% | 8,942 | D+2.5 | |
| Martin | 3,867 43.3% | 5,062 56.7% | 8,929 | R+13.4 | |
| Waseca | 3,853 47.7% | 4,232 52.3% | 8,085 | R+4.7 | |
| Aitkin | 4,839 60.0% | 3,065 38.0% | 165 | 8,069 | D+22.0 |
| Dodge | 3,603 47.3% | 4,014 52.7% | 7,617 | R+5.4 | |
| Nobles | 3,830 50.8% | 3,703 49.2% | 7,533 | D+1.7 | |
| Faribault | 3,318 46.0% | 3,892 54.0% | 7,210 | R+8.0 | |
| Renville | 4,712 70.3% | 1,887 28.1% | 105 | 6,704 | D+42.1 |
| Kanabec | 3,741 57.4% | 2,673 41.0% | 98 | 6,512 | D+16.4 |
| Redwood | 3,983 62.3% | 2,326 36.4% | 86 | 6,395 | D+25.9 |
| Roseau | 4,732 74.6% | 1,554 24.5% | 54 | 6,340 | D+50.1 |
| Sibley | 3,550 58.1% | 2,430 39.7% | 134 | 6,114 | D+18.3 |
| Lake | 4,328 72.3% | 1,539 25.7% | 118 | 5,985 | D+46.6 |
| Wadena | 2,888 49.7% | 2,863 49.2% | 65 | 5,816 | D+0.4 |
| Pope | 4,246 73.3% | 1,469 25.4% | 75 | 5,790 | D+48.0 |
| Koochiching | 3,742 66.1% | 1,837 32.5% | 78 | 5,657 | D+33.7 |
| Chippewa | 4,137 75.9% | 1,269 23.3% | 45 | 5,451 | D+52.6 |
| Cottonwood | 2,553 47.7% | 2,798 52.3% | 5,351 | R+4.6 | |
| Pennington | 4,056 79.0% | 1,021 19.9% | 58 | 5,135 | D+59.1 |
| Jackson | 2,487 49.8% | 2,503 50.2% | 4,990 | R+0.3 | |
| Yellow Medicine | 3,429 71.6% | 1,302 27.2% | 61 | 4,792 | D+44.4 |
| Stevens | 3,443 73.2% | 1,208 25.7% | 50 | 4,701 | D+47.5 |
| Swift | 3,517 75.5% | 1,093 23.5% | 49 | 4,659 | D+52.0 |
| Watonwan | 2,331 51.3% | 2,214 48.7% | 4,545 | D+2.6 | |
| Marshall | 3,582 81.2% | 797 18.1% | 32 | 4,411 | D+63.1 |
| Murray | 2,191 51.1% | 2,093 48.9% | 4,284 | D+2.3 | |
| Rock | 1,796 43.4% | 2,347 56.6% | 4,143 | R+13.3 | |
| Pipestone | 1,830 44.2% | 2,310 55.8% | 4,140 | R+11.6 | |
| Lac Qui Parle | 2,862 73.9% | 981 25.3% | 30 | 3,873 | D+48.6 |
| Clearwater | 2,549 68.1% | 1,128 30.2% | 64 | 3,741 | D+38.0 |
| Grant | 2,270 72.6% | 815 26.1% | 40 | 3,125 | D+46.6 |
| Norman | 2,424 84.4% | 426 14.8% | 22 | 2,872 | D+69.6 |
| Cook | 2,012 70.1% | 798 27.8% | 59 | 2,869 | D+42.3 |
| Wilkin | 2,081 74.3% | 696 24.8% | 24 | 2,801 | D+49.4 |
| Big Stone | 1,868 69.3% | 802 29.8% | 25 | 2,695 | D+39.6 |
| Lincoln | 1,806 67.7% | 830 31.1% | 30 | 2,666 | D+36.6 |
| Mahnomen | 1,776 80.2% | 409 18.5% | 29 | 2,214 | D+61.7 |
| Kittson | 1,876 86.2% | 286 13.1% | 15 | 2,177 | D+73.0 |
| Lake of the Woods | 1,421 73.7% | 471 24.4% | 36 | 1,928 | D+49.3 |
| Red Lake | 1,617 85.0% | 254 13.4% | 31 | 1,902 | D+71.7 |
| Traverse | 1,425 76.3% | 424 22.7% | 18 | 1,867 | D+53.6 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Minnesota in every House election we hold
| Year | Seats | House vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D 4, R 4 | D+0.9 |
| 2022 | D 4, R 4 | D+2.0 |
| 2020 | D 4, R 4 | D+2.5 |
| 2018 | D 5, R 3 | D+11.5 |
| 2016 | D 5, R 3 | D+3.5 |
| 2014 | D 5, R 3 | D+3.7 |
| 2012 | D 5, R 3 | D+12.5 |
| 2010 | D 4, R 4 | D+1.5 |
| 2008 | D 5, R 3 | D+19.4 |
| 2006 | D 5, R 3 | D+10.5 |
| 2004 | D 4, R 4 | D+6.0 |
| 2002 | D 4, R 4 | R+0.6 |
| 2000 | D 5, R 3 | D+10.2 |
| 1998 | D 6, R 2 | D+11.2 |
| 1996 | D 6, R 2 | D+13.3 |
| 1994 | D 6, R 2 | D+2.1 |
| 1992 | D 6, R 2 | D+10.9 |
| 1990 | D 6, R 2 | D+17.2 |