Minnesota state auditor election, 2006

Minnesota state auditor election, 2006

2002 ← November 7, 2006 → 2010

Nominee Rebecca Otto Patricia Anderson Lucy Gerold Party DFL Republican Independence Popular vote 1,094,440 866,041 97,076 Percentage 51.92 41.08 4.61

State Auditor before election Patricia Anderson Republican Elected State Auditor Rebecca Otto DFL

The 2006 Minnesota state auditor election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican State Auditor of Minnesota Patricia Anderson was defeated by former State Rep. Rebecca Otto of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Independence Party candidate Lucy Gerold finished third.^[1]

Candidates

• Republican Party: State Auditor Patricia Anderson
• Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: Former State Rep. Rebecca Otto, DFL-Forest Lake
• Independence Party: Lucy Gerold
• Green Party: Dave Berger

Results

2006 Minnesota state auditor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DFL	Rebecca Otto	1,094,440	51.92%	+7.99%
	Republican	Patricia Anderson	866,041	41.08%	-3.55%
	Independence	Lucy Gerold	97,076	4.61%	-3.07%
	Green	Dave Berger	49,131	2.33%	-1.34%
	Write-ins		1316	0.06%
Majority			228,399	10.83%
	DFL gain from Republican		Swing

Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election.

References

1. ^ Election Results, Secretary of State