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2000 Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election
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	Precinct results; Kennedy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Minge: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50%; No votes
U.S. Representative before election; David Minge; Democratic (DFL)	Elected U.S. Representative ; Mark Kennedy; Republican

2000 Minnesota's 1st congressional district election
← 1998 2002 →
	Precinct results; Gutknecht: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Rieder: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50%; No votes
U.S. Representative before election; Gil Gutknecht; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Gil Gutknecht; Republican

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota
All 8 Minnesota seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 40–50% 60–70%

The 2000 congressional elections in Minnesota were held on November 7, 2000 to determine who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives.

Minnesota had eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 107th Congress from January 3, 2001 until January 3, 2003. The election coincided with the 2000 presidential election and the 2000 U.S. Senate election.

Except for DFLer David Minge of the 2nd congressional district, all other House incumbents from Minnesota who stood for reelection were reelected. Minge's seat came under the control of the Republican Party of Minnesota as a result of the 2000 election. DFL incumbent Bruce Vento of the 4th congressional district died in office less than a month prior to the election; however, he was not seeking reelection, and the DFL nominee running for election to replace him, Betty McCollum, was able to keep the seat in the DFL's hands.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2000 ^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	1,234,204	52.21%	5	-1
	Republican	993,371	42.02%	3	+1
	Independence	75,097	3.18%	0	—
	Constitution	24,248	1.03%	0	—
	Independent	19,667	0.83%	0	—
	Libertarian	17,151	0.73%	0	—
Totals		2,363,738	100.00%	8	—

District 1

Incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht, who had represented Minnesota's 1st congressional district since 1994, ran against Mary Rieder of the DFL and Rich Osness of the Libertarian Party. Gutknecht won a fourth term, defeating second-place Rieder by a landslide margin of nearly 15 percent, as Osness placed at a very distant third.

DFL primary

Candidates

Mary Rieder

Results

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Primary Election ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Mary Rieder	31,244	100.00
Total votes			31,244	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Gil Gutknecht, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1994

Results

Republican Primary Election ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent)	17,824	100.00
Total votes			17,824	100.00

General election

Results

Minnesota's 1st Congressional district election, 2000 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent)	159,835	56.43
	Democratic (DFL)	Mary Rieder	117,946	41.64
	Libertarian	Rich Osness	5,440	1.92
Total votes			283,221	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent DFLer David Minge, who was first elected in 1992, ran against Mark Kennedy of the Republican Party, Gerald W. Brekke of the Independence Party, Ron Helwig of the Libertarian Party, and Dennis A. Burda of the Constitution Party. Kennedy dashed Minge's hopes for a fifth term, defeating the incumbent by a razor-thin margin of six one hundredths of one percent of the vote, while Brekke finished a very distant third, and Helwig and Burda, respectively, finished an even more distant fourth and fifth.