1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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The 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1980, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1980.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1981.
Background
The
This arrangement would last until the end of the legislative session in May 1979, when the DFL obtained a majority after the House removed Republican member Bob Pavlak from office on a straight party-line vote, declaring that he violated the Minnesota Fair Campaign Practices Act and therefore was not legally elected.[3] Pavlak was legally barred from casting their vote on matters relating to his contested election, allowing the motion to remove him to pass. Pavlak ran in the resulting special election for his former seat held on June 19, 1979, losing to DFL candidate Frank Rodriguez.[4]
After obtaining a majority, the DFL caucus voted to support caucus leader Irv Anderson to be speaker. However, some DFL members who felt were punished by Anderson "for prior policy disagreements or for personal reasons by denying them the committee positions in 1979 that they had expected by virtue of experience and geography" were opposed to electing him speaker.[5] A group of 26 DFL members, led by Gordon Voss and Fred Norton, formed a coalition with the Republicans, electing Norton speaker in 1980.[2]
Results
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||
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No. | ∆No. | % | ||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 122 | 900,218 | 70 | 2 | 52.24 | |
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 121 | 924,863 | 64 | 2 | 47.76 | |
Independent | 5 | 11,344 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Write-in | 1 | 1,841 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout (out of 2,882,406 eligible voters)[6] | 2,079,411 | 72.14% | 14.19 pp | |||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[7] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[8] |
Aftermath
Although
See also
- Minnesota Senate election, 1980
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1978
References
- ^ "Searle Sr., Rodney Newell "Rod"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Hanson 1989, p. 72.
- ^ "Minn. H.J., 71st Leg., Reg. Sess. pp. 2577–78 (1979)" (PDF). Journal of the House. Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ^ "Minnesota Legislative Manual 1979–1980" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. p. 2. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ Hanson 1989, p. 62.
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Minnesota Election Results 1980" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 8–103. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Hanson 1989, p. 73.
Bibliography
- Hanson, Royce (1989). Tribune of the People: The Minnesota Legislature and Its Leadership. OCLC 20012294.