2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 14A special election

District 14A special election, 2013
The District 14A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives
	Precinct Results ; Theis: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% ; Dorsher: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Representative before election; Steve Gottwalt; Republican	Elected Representative ; Tama Theis; Republican

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.

Background[edit]

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]

Candidates[edit]

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Joanne Dorsher (party endorsed), former St. Cloud school board member^[3]^[4]

Declined[edit]

Jerry McCarter, former candidate for the Minnesota Senate^[4]^[5]

Republican Party of Minnesota[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Tama Theis (party endorsed), small business owner^[4]^[6]

Withdrawn[edit]

Scott Mac Hardy, Iraq War veteran^[4]^[6]
James Parmele^[7]
John Severson, former St. Cloud city council member^[4]^[6]

Independence Party of Minnesota[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Todd McKee, small business owner; part-time truck driver^[8]

Results[edit]

Election			Party	Votes	%	∆pp
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

Previous election results[edit]

Election			Party	Votes	%
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

References[edit]

^ Brooks, Jennifer (January 3, 2013). "New job leads State Rep. Gottwalt to abruptly quit". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ Stassen-Berger, Rachel E. (January 7, 2013). "DFL Rep. Morrow and GOP Rep. Gottwalt resign, let the special elections begin". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ Kimball, Joe (January 21, 2013). "DFLers endorse candidates for special elections in House Districts 14A, 19A". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kimball, Joe (January 8, 2013). "Candidates line up for Gottwalt's state House seat in St. Cloud". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ Sommerhauser, Mark (January 10, 2013). "DFL settles it: Dorsher will run for Gottwalt seat". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Kimball, Joe (January 14, 2013). "Tama Theis gets GOP endorsement for special election in House District 14A". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ Sommerhauser, Mark (January 12, 2013). "GOP candidate Theis cast as business champion, social conservative". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kimball, Joe (January 16, 2013). "Candidates set for state House special election in St. Cloud area". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
^ "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 8, 2014.

External links[edit]

Information on the special election at the Minnesota Secretary of State website

Official campaign websites

[1] Brooks, Jennifer (January 3, 2013). "New job leads State Rep. Gottwalt to abruptly quit". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[2] Stassen-Berger, Rachel E. (January 7, 2013). "DFL Rep. Morrow and GOP Rep. Gottwalt resign, let the special elections begin". Star Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[3] Kimball, Joe (January 21, 2013). "DFLers endorse candidates for special elections in House Districts 14A, 19A". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[about-4] Kimball, Joe (January 8, 2013). "Candidates line up for Gottwalt's state House seat in St. Cloud". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[5] Sommerhauser, Mark (January 10, 2013). "DFL settles it: Dorsher will run for Gottwalt seat". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[beaten-6] Kimball, Joe (January 14, 2013). "Tama Theis gets GOP endorsement for special election in House District 14A". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[7] Sommerhauser, Mark (January 12, 2013). "GOP candidate Theis cast as business champion, social conservative". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] Kimball, Joe (January 16, 2013). "Candidates set for state House special election in St. Cloud area". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[9] "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.

[10] "Results for State Representative District 14A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 8, 2014.

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