2008 Minnesota
Election Results
The message couldn't be clearer: voters wanted progressive change. They elected an outstanding progressive as the next president. They put Democrats solidly in control of the Congress. They elected 87 great Progressive Majority candidates to state and local office. And, in Minnesota, we elected five new progressives and got one step closer to a supermajority in the state House of Representatives!
In Minnesota's electoral battlegrounds, Progressive Majority is blocking conservative power grabs. This year, our efforts paid off again: not only did we fight back against Gov. Pawlenty's veto pen, we also flipped control of the Hennepin County Board of Commission and the Cottage Grove City Council. Elsewhere in the state, we elected six progressives to local offices. With each victory, we build the progressive base in Minnesota, and we keep conservatives out of office.
Click below to jump to results of Progressive Majority candidates running for:
State House of Representatives
Gail Kulick Jackson
State House District 16A
Won with 50% of the vote.
Jim Godfrey
State House District 17A
Lost with 44% of the vote.
John Branstad
State House District 24B
Lost with 49% of the vote.
Grace Baltich
State House District 32A
Lost with 34% of the vote.
Nick Thomley
State House District 33A
Lost with 37% of the vote.
Sue Bruns
State House District 35A
Lost with 45% of the vote.
Mike Obermueller
State House District 38B
Won with 51% of the vote.
Kevin Staunton
State House District 41A
Lost with 31% of the vote in a three-way race.
Paul Rosenthal
State House District 41B
Won with 53% of the vote.
Jerry Pitzrick
State House District 42B
Lost with 43% of the vote.
Clint Faust
State House District 43A
Lost with 46% of the vote.
Ted Butler
State House District 49A
Lost with 41% of the vote.
Jerry Newton
State House District 49B
Won with 57% of the vote.
Shawn Hamilton
State House District 51A
Lost with 43% of the vote.
Rolanda DelaMartinez
State House District 52A
Lost with 33% of the vote.
Kate Christopher
State House District 52B
Lost with 44% of the vote.
Chris Knopf
State House District 53B
Lost with 46% of the vote.
County Positions
Becky Fink
Anoka County Board of Commissioners District 5
Lost with 38% of the vote.
Jan Callison
Hennepin County Board District 6
Won with 59% of the vote.
City Council
Boyd Morson
Brooklyn Park City Council, West Central District
Lost with 36% of the vote.
David Sletten
Byron City Council
Lost with 23% of the vote in a four-way race.
Jen Peterson
Cottage Grove City Council, At-Large
Won with 28% of the vote in a five-way race.
Josh Sprague
Edina City Council, At-Large
Lost with 21% of the vote in a four-way race.
Danna Elling-Schultz
Hastings City Council
Won with 97% of the vote.
Michael Wojcik
Rochester City Council Ward 2
Won with 53% of the vote.
Debbie White
Winona City Council, At-Large
Won with 56% of the vote.
School Board
Carla Bates
Minneapolis School Board, At-Large
Elected with 20% of the vote in a six-way race.