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A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013 to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7, 2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee, won the special election.
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On January 3, 2013, Representative Steve Gottwalt announced that he would resign to take a job as the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging.[1] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.[2]
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ∆pp | ||
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District 14A special election, 2013[9] Resignation of Steve Gottwalt Voters: 4,898 (−74.29%) |
Republican hold Plurality: 579 (11.82 pp) +3.72 |
Tama Theis | Republican | 2,670 | 54.51 | −5.39 | ||
Joanne Dorsher | DFL | 2,091 | 42.69 | −3.11 | ||||
Todd McKee | Independence | 130 | 2.65 | N/A | ||||
Write-in | N/A | 7 | 0.14 | −0.15 |
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012[10] Redrawn district Voters: 19,051 |
Republican win Plurality: 1,543 (8.10 pp) |
Steve Gottwalt | Republican | 10,269 | 53.90 | ||
Anne Nolan | DFL | 8,726 | 45.80 | ||||
Write-in | N/A | 56 | 0.29 |
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