2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election


The 2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 88th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2012.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota. This was the first election for the Republicans since it won a majority of seats in the 2010 election, after losing a majority to the DFL in the 2006 election. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.

Primary election results

General election

Opinion polling


Polling firm/clientPolling periodSample
size
Margin of
error
RepublicanDFLIndependenceOtherUndecided
November 1–3, 2012556 ±4.240%48%6%6%1%
October 26–28, 2012574 ±4.240%45%8%6%1%
October 12–14, 2012550 ±4.336%45%8%3%9%
October 5–8, 2012937 ±3.240%52%8%
September 10–11, 2012824 ±3.444%47%9%
September 6–9, 2012551 ±4.338%45%6%3%9%
July 17–19, 2012552 ±4.340%45%8%2%6%
May 31June 3, 2012973±3.136%48%16%
January 21–22, 20121,236±2.839%48%14%
May 27–30, 20111,179±2.940%49%11%

Results

District results