2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

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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

Precinct results

Swanson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Johnson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
James: >90%
Tie: 30–40% 40–50% 50% No votes

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| 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

[edit]

### Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

[edit]

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

[edit]

State representative and assistant majority leader Jeff Johnson won the Republican nomination.[7]

### Independence Party

[edit]

Attorney and former revenue commissioner John James was the Independence Party nominee.[8]

### Green Party

[edit]

Musician Papa John Kolstad was the Green Party nominee.[9]

## Results

[edit]

Candidate  | Party  | Votes

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#  | %
| 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

[edit]

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

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