2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2018 Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election
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	Precinct results; Craig: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Lewis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Tie: 40–50%
U.S. Representative before election; Jason Lewis; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Angie Craig; Democratic (DFL)

2018 Minnesota's 1st congressional district election
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	; Hagedorn: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Feehan: 50–60% ; Hagedorn: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Feehan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50%; No votes
U.S. Representative before election; Tim Walz; Democratic (DFL)	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jim Hagedorn; Republican

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Minnesota, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with an open gubernatorial election, a U.S. Senate election, a special U.S. Senate election, State House elections, and other elections.

In the 2018 elections, Democrats gained the 2nd and 3rd districts from Republican incumbents, and the Republicans gained the 1st and 8th districts from Democrats running for higher office, leaving party representation in Minnesota's House delegation unchanged at five members from the DFL and three members from the GOP.

Overview

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota by district:^[1]

District	DFL		Republican		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	144,885	49.67%	146,200	50.13%	576	0.20%	291,661	100.0%	Republican gain
District 2	177,958	52.65%	159,344	47.15%	666	0.20%	337,968	100.0%	DFL gain
District 3	202,404	55.61%	160,839	44.19%	706	0.20%	363,949	100.0%	DFL gain
District 4	216,865	65.99%	97,747	29.75%	14,002	4.26%	328,614	100.0%	DFL hold
District 5	267,703	77.97%	74,440	21.68%	1,215	0.35%	343,358	100.0%	DFL hold
District 6	122,332	38.75%	192,931	61.11%	463	0.15%	315,726	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	146,672	52.10%	134,668	47.84%	169	0.06%	281,509	100.0%	DFL hold
District 8	141,950	45.18%	159,364	50.72%	12,897	4.10%	314,211	100.0%	Republican gain
Total	1,420,769	55.13%	1,125,533	43.68%	30,694	1.19%	2,576,996	100.0%

District 1

Minnesota's 1st Congressional District extends across southern Minnesota, from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin and the state's entire border with Iowa.

Incumbent Democrat Tim Walz, who had represented the district since 2007, did not run for re-election, instead opting to run for Governor. He was re-elected with 50% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+5.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dan Feehan, army veteran and former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness^[2]^[3]

Eliminated in primary

Colin "Coke" Minehart, restaurateur^[4]^[5]

Withdrawn

Vicki Jensen, former state senator (endorsed Feehan)^[6]
Joe Sullivan, clean energy advocate (endorsed Feehan)^[6]
Rich Wright, attorney (endorsed Feehan)^[6]

Endorsements

Dan Feehan

U.S. Representatives

Seth Moulton, U.S. Representative (D-MA)^[7]

State legislators

Vicki Jensen, former state senator^[6]

Organizations

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Feehan	39,167	83.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Colin Minehart	7,971	16.9
Total votes			47,138	100.0

Republican primary

Minnesota's 1st congressional district was listed as one of the NRCC's initial targets in 2018.^[13]

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Hagedorn, blogger, candidate for this seat in 2010 and nominee in 2014 & 2016^[14]

Eliminated in primary

Andrew Candler^[5]
Carla Nelson, state senator^[15]
Steve Williams, candidate for this seat in 2016^[5]

Endorsements

Jim Hagedorn

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Donald Trump, President of the United States^[16]

U.S. Senators

Rudy Boschwitz, former U.S. Senator^[17]

U.S. Representatives

Tom Emmer, U.S. Representative^[17]
Gil Gutknecht, former U.S. Representative^[17]
John Kline, former U.S. Representative^[17]
Frank Lucas, U.S. Representative^[17]
Bill Shuster, U.S. Representative^[17]

State legislators

Tony Cornish, state representative^[18]
Gary Dahms, state senator^[19]
Jeremy Munson, state representative^[20]
Julie Rosen, state senator^[18]
Paul Torkelson, state representative^[19]

Labor unions

Associated Builders and Contractors^[21]

Organizations

Carla Nelson

State legislators

Nels Pierson, state representative^[6]

Organizations

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	25,418	60.1
	Republican	Carla Nelson	13,589	32.2
	Republican	Steve Williams	2,145	5.1
	Republican	Andrew Candler	1,106	2.6
Total votes			42,258	100.0

General election

Debate & forum

2018 Minnesota's 1st congressional district debate & candidate forum
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Dan Feehan	Jim Hagedorn
1	Oct. 12, 2018	Minnesota Public Radio	Mike Mulcahy	^[28]	P	P
2	Oct. 17, 2018	Greater Mankato Growth South Central College The Free Press	Patrick Baker Steve Jameson	^[29]	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Feehan (D)	Jim Hagedorn (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA^[30]	October 16–20, 2018	586	± 4.4%	47%	45%	–	8%
Harper Polling (R-Hagedorn)^[31]	August 23–26, 2018	400	± 4.9%	33%	47%	6%	14%

Results

Minnesota's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	146,199	50.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Feehan	144,884	49.7
	Write-in		575	0.2
Total votes			291,658	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)

District 2

Incumbent Republican Jason Lewis, who had represented the district since 2017, ran for re-election. He was elected with 47% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+2.