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2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

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2006 Minnesota Attorney General election
← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →
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Nominee Lori Swanson Jeff Johnson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote 1,131,474 865,465
Percentage 53.2% 40.7%
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County results
Swanson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Johnson:      40–50%      50–60%
Attorney General before election

Mike Hatch
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Attorney General

Lori Swanson
Democratic (DFL)

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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
# %
Lori Swanson Democratic–Farmer–Labor 1,131,474 53.24
Jeff Johnson Republican 865,465 40.72
John James Independence 86,032 4.05
Papa John Kolstad Green 31,000 1.93
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

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Lori Swanson

Lori Swanson

Lori Swanson is an American lawyer and politician who served as the attorney general of Minnesota from 2007 to 2019. She was the first female attorney general elected in Minnesota. In 2018, she ran for Governor of Minnesota with running mate U.S. Representative Rick Nolan finishing in third place in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party. As of 2023, it controls four of Minnesota's eight U.S. House seats, both of its U.S. Senate seats, the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate, and all other statewide offices, including the governorship, making it the dominant party in the state.

Jeff Johnson (Minnesota politician)

Jeff Johnson (Minnesota politician)

Jeff Johnson is an American lawyer and politician. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2000 and served there from 2001 to 2007. Johnson left the legislature to run for state attorney general in 2006, but was defeated. Johnson served as a Hennepin County commissioner for the 7th district from 2009 to 2021. He was elected as the Republican National Committeeman from Minnesota in April 2011. Johnson was the Republican nominee for governor of Minnesota in 2014, losing to incumbent Democrat Mark Dayton, and again in 2018, losing to the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Tim Walz.

Republican Party of Minnesota

Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Minnesota and the oldest active political party in the state, being founded in 1855. The party controls four of Minnesota's eight congressional House seats. The last Republican governor of the state was Tim Pawlenty, who served from 2003 to 2011. The party's headquarter is located in Edina, Minnesota and the current chairman is David Hann.

Independence Party of Minnesota

Independence Party of Minnesota

The Independence Party of Minnesota, formerly the Reform Party of Minnesota, is a political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was the party of former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura (1999–2003).

Green Party of Minnesota

Green Party of Minnesota

The Green Party of Minnesota is a green political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States.

Write-in candidate

Write-in candidate

A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes, which count equally as if the person was formally listed on the ballot.

Minnesota Secretary of State

Minnesota Secretary of State

The secretary of state of Minnesota is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Twenty-two individuals have held the office of secretary of state since statehood. The incumbent is Steve Simon, a DFLer.

Source: "2006 Minnesota Attorney General election", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 10th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election.

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Further Reading

Bill Luther

2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Chris Coleman (politician)

Matt Entenza

Steve Kelley (politician)

2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election

Margaret Anderson Kelliher

Lori Swanson

John Lesch

2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election

2010 Minnesota elections

2010 Minnesota Attorney General election

2014 Minnesota elections

2014 Minnesota Attorney General election

2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election

2018 Minnesota elections

2018 Minnesota Attorney General election

2001 Saint Paul mayoral election
References
  1. ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Governor: Mike Hatch". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ^ "2002 General Election Results". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State.
  3. ^ "Democrats win attorney general, secretary of state, auditor races". Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  4. ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Steve Kelley". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  5. ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Matt Entenza". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  6. ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: Bill Luther". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  7. ^ "2004 Election Directory of the 2005-2006 Minnesota Legislature" (PDF). Minnesota House of Representatives. 25 January 2005.
  8. ^ Radio, Minnesota Public. "MPR: Campaign 2006: Attorney General: John James". minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  9. ^ Mulcahy, Mike. "Papa John and the AG's office". Capitol View. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  10. ^ "Minnesota Election Statistics, 1950–2016" (PDF). Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01.
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