Incumbent
RepublicanGil Gutknecht, who had represented
Minnesota's 1st congressional district since 1994, ran against Steve Andreasen of the
DFL and Greg Mikkelson of the
Green Party. Gutknecht easily won a fifth term, defeating second-place Pomeroy by a landslide 26.85 percent margin, as Mikkelson finished at a very distant third.
DFL primary
Candidates
Steve Andreasen, former Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council (1993-2001)
Luther, who was first elected to Congress in
1994, was unchallenged in the DFL primary. However, in the general election race against Republican challenger
John Kline, the more conservative composition of the new district worked against Luther. Luther's campaign was further harmed by political fallout that was created when Samuel Garst, a Luther campaign staffer, entered the race on the "No New Taxes" line in an attempt to use a false flag to split the conservative vote. In the end, Garst was only able to secure 4.33 percent of the vote, and the political damage to Luther contributed to Kline winning the election by a margin of more than 11 percent.
DFL primary
Candidates
Bill Luther, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1995
Incumbent
RepublicanJim Ramstad, who was first elected in
1990, defeated
DFL challenger Darryl Stanton, and won election to his seventh term in Congress, by a landslide 44.14 percent margin.
Incumbent
DFLerBetty McCollum, who was first elected in
2000, faced off against Clyde Billington of the
Republican Party of Minnesota and Scott J. Raskiewicz of the
Green Party of Minnesota. Defeating Billington by a comfortable 28 percent margin, McCollum easily won her second term in Congress, as Raskiewicz finished a very distant third.
DFL primary
Candidates
Betty McCollum, incumbent U.S. Representative since 2001
Incumbent
DFLerMartin Sabo, who was first elected in
1978, had no difficulty winning his 13th term in Congress, defeating
Republican challenger Daniel Nielsen Mathias by a margin of just over 41 percent, while
Green candidate Tim Davis finished a distant third.
Kennedy, who was first elected in
2000, encountered little difficulty in winning his second term in Congress, defeating DFL challenger Janet Robert by a landslide margin of 22.28 percent, while
Independence Party candidate Dan Becker finished a distant third.
Incumbent
DFLerCollin Peterson, who was first elected in
1990, faced no difficulty winning his eighth term in Congress, defeating
Republican challenger Dan Stevens by a landslide 30.63 percent margin.
Incumbent
DFLerJim Oberstar, who was first elected in
1974, had no difficulty winning his 15th term in Congress, defeating
Republican challenger Bob Lemen by a margin of more than 37 percent.
DFL primary
Candidates
Jim Oberstar, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1975