2016 Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new representative for District 50B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Ann Lenczewski, effective on December 15, 2015. As only one candidate each filed for the nomination of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), a primary election was not held. Chad Anderson, the Republican nominee, won the special election.
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The District 50B seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||
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 Precinct Results Anderson:
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Candidates
editRepublican Party of Minnesota
editThe Senate District 50 Republican Party held a convention to endorse a candidate on December 12, 2015. Chad Anderson won the endorsement over Sanu Patel-Zellinger after a single ballot.[1]
- Chad Anderson, real estate broker[1]
Withdrawn
edit- Sanu Patel-Zellinger[1]
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
editThe Senate District 50 Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed Andrew Carlson on December 14, 2015.
- Andrew Carlson, Bloomington two-term City Council member[2]
Results
edit| Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election, 2016[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆pp | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | Chad Anderson | 2,582 | 51.24 | +17.00 | |
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Andrew Carlson | 2,452 | 48.66 | −16.94 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 5 | 0.10 | −0.06 | |
| Total | 5,039 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | ||
Previous election results
edit| Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2014: District 50B[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆pp | |
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Ann Lenczewski | 10,060 | 65.60 | +0.33 | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | Zavier Bicott | 5,251 | 34.24 | −0.32 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 24 | 0.16 | −0.01 | |
| Total | 15,335 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Introducing the endorsed candidate for 50B!". Senate District 50 Republican Party. December 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ Steller, Chris (November 19, 2015). "Lenczewski has a favorite to succeed her in House". Politics in Minnesota. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Results for State Representative District 50B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
External links
edit- Information on the special election Archived 2015-12-05 at the Wayback Machine at the Minnesota Secretary of State website