Minnesota House of Representatives District 19A special election, 2013

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District 19A special election, 2013
← 2012 February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12) 2014 →
The District 19A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives
 
Nominee Clark Johnson Allen Quist Tim Gieseke
Party DFL Republican Independence
Popular vote 2,680 1,801 511
Percentage 53.69% 36.08% 10.24%
Representative before election

Terry Morrow
DFL

 Elected Representative

Clark Johnson
DFL

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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 19A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Terry Morrow on January 7, 2013. A primary election was held on January 29, 2013. The election coincided with the District 14A special election. Clark Johnson, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominee, won the special election.

Background

On December 19, 2012, Representative Terry Morrow announced he would resign to join the Uniform Law Commission as its legislative director.[1][2] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.[3]

Candidates

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Nominee

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Republican Party of Minnesota

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Joel Brinker, former St. Peter city council member[9][10]
  • Jim Golgart, Le Sueur County Veterans Services officer[5][11]

Independence Party of Minnesota

Nominee

  • Tim Gieseke (party endorsed), small business owner[6][12]

Primary election

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) did not endorse a candidate until after the deadline for withdrawing (January 16 at 5:00 p.m.), leaving the candidates that did not win the party endorsement unable to withdraw their candidacies, causing a primary election. The losing candidates said they would abide by the endorsement.[6]

Election Candidate Votes  %
District 19A special election, 2013: DFL primary[13] Clark Johnson 641 66.29
Karl Johnson 252 26.06
Tim Strand 51 5.27
Robin Courrier 23 2.38
District 19A special election, 2013: Republican primary[13] Allen Quist 105 100.00
District 19A special election, 2013: Independence primary[13] Tim Gieseke 55 100.00

Results

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes  %
District 19A special election, 2013[14]
Resignation of Terry Morrow
Voters: 4,992 (−71.76%)		 DFL hold
Plurality: 879 (17.61 pp)		 Clark Johnson DFL 2,680 53.69
Allen Quist Republican 1,801 36.08
Tim Gieseke Independence 511 10.24

Previous election results

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes  %
Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012[15]
Redrawn district
Voters: 17,679		 DFL win Terry Morrow DFL 17,263 97.65
Write-in N/A 416 2.35

References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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