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]

2006 Minnesota Attorney General election

November 7, 2006

Nominee Lori Swanson Jeff Johnson Party Democratic (DFL) 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 (DFL) Elected Attorney General Lori Swanson Democratic (DFL)

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.