2006 Minnesota Attorney General election
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The 2006 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. DFL incumbent Mike Hatch chose to run for governor instead of reelection.[1] Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won election to her first term.[2]
Candidates
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Former deputy attorney general Lori Swanson won the DFL nomination.[3]
State senator Steve Kelley, House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, and former U.S. Representative Bill Luther all ran unsuccessfully for the DFL nomination.[4][5][6]
Republican Party
State representative and assistant majority leader Jeff Johnson won the Republican nomination.[7]
Independence Party
Attorney and former revenue commissioner John James was the Independence Party nominee.[8]
Green Party
Musician Papa John Kolstad was the Green Party nominee.[9]
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party/meta/color; width: 4px" | | Lori Swanson | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | 1,131,474 | 53.24 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party of Minnesota/meta/color; width: 4px" | | Jeff Johnson | Republican | 865,465 | 40.72 |
| John James | Independence | 86,032 | 4.05 | |
| Papa John Kolstad | Green | 31,000 | 1.93 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Write-in candidate/meta/color; width: 4px" | | Write-in | — | 1,236 | 0.06 |
| Total | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 2,217,818 | 60.47 | ||
| Eligible voters[10] | 3,667,707 | - | ||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State
References
- ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Governor: Mike Hatch". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "2002 General Election Results". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State.
- ^ "Democrats win attorney general, secretary of state, auditor races". Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Steve Kelley". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Matt Entenza". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Bill Luther". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "2004 Election Directory of the 2005-2006 Minnesota Legislature" (PDF). Minnesota House of Representatives. 25 January 2005.
- ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: John James". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Mulcahy, Mike. "Papa John and the AG's office". Capitol View. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Minnesota Election Statistics, 1950–2016" (PDF). Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01.