1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election

1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Steve Sviggum Phil Carruthers
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader since April 17, 1992 November 7, 1996
Leader's seat 28B–Kenyon 47B–Brooklyn Center
Last election 64 seats 70 seats
Seats won 71 63
Seat change Increase7 Decrease7
Popular vote 1,050,635 934,919
Percentage 52.18% 46.43%

Speaker before election

Phil Carruthers
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Steve Sviggum
Republican

The 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1998, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 81st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 15, 1998.

The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which had a majority since the 1986 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1999.