2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

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]

Minnesota Attorney General election, 2006
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Lori Swanson Jeff Johnson
Party Democratic–Farmer–Labor Republican
Popular vote 1,131,474 865,465
Percentage 53.24% 40.72%
County results
Swanson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Johnson:      40–50%      50–60%
Attorney General before election

Mike Hatch
Democratic–Farmer–Labor

 Elected Attorney General

Lori Swanson
Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Elections in Minnesota

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

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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