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House Stadium bill: How they voted

By Alan Palazzolo and Tom Nehil | 05/08/12

After eight hours of debate, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 1485, the bill authorizing construction of a new Vikings Stadium. Use the table below to see how each representative voted on the bill.

Rep. First Name Rep. Last Name Party District Vote
Jim Abeler R 48B Y
Susan Allen DFL 61B N
Paul Anderson R 13A Y
Bruce Anderson R 19A N
Diane Anderson R 38A N
Sarah Anderson R 43A N
Tom Anzelc DFL 03A Y
Joe Atkins DFL 39B Y
King Banaian R 15B N
Bob Barrett R 17B N
Michael Beard R 35A Y
Mike Benson R 30B N
John Benson DFL 43B Y
Kurt Bills R 37B N
Kathy Brynaert DFL 23B Y
Mark Buesgens R 35B N
Lyndon Carlson Sr. DFL 45B N
Bobby Joe Champion DFL 58B Y
Karen Clark DFL 61A N
Tony Cornish R 24B Y
Roger Crawford R 08B N
Kurt Daudt R 17A N
Greg Davids R 31B Y
Jim Davnie DFL 62A N
Matt Dean R 52B N
Bob Dettmer R 52A N
David Dill DFL 06A Y
Denise Dittrich DFL 47A Y
Connie Doepke R 33B Y
Keith Downey R 41A N
Steve Drazkowski R 28B N
Kent Eken DFL 02A Y
Sondra Erickson R 16A N
Dan Fabian R 01A Y
Andrew Falk DFL 20A N
Mary Franson R 11B N
Patti Fritz DFL 26B Y
Pat Garofalo R 36B Y
Kerry Gauthier DFL 07B Y
Steve Gottwalt R 15A Y
Marion Greene DFL 60A N
Mindy Greiling DFL 54A N
Glenn Gruenhagen R 25A N
Bob Gunther R 24A Y
Tom Hackbarth R 48A N
Rod Hamilton R 22B Y
David Hancock R 02B N
Rick Hansen DFL 39A N
Alice Hausman DFL 66B N
Debra Hilstrom DFL 46B Y
Bill Hilty DFL 08A Y
Mary Liz Holberg R 36A N
Joe Hoppe R 34B Y
Frank Hornstein DFL 60B N
Melissa Hortman DFL 47B Y
Larry Hosch DFL 14B Y
Larry Howes R 04B Y
Thomas Huntley DFL 07A Y
Sheldon Johnson DFL 67B Y
Phyllis Kahn DFL 59B N
Kory Kath DFL 26A Y
Tim Kelly R 28A Y
Andrea Kieffer R 56B N
Debra Kiel R 01B Y
Mary Kiffmeyer R 16B N
Kate Knuth DFL 50B Y
John Kriesel R 57A Y
Carolyn Laine DFL 50A N
Morrie Lanning R 09A Y
Ernie Leidiger R 34A N
Mike LeMieur R 12B Y
Ann Lenczewski DFL 40B N
John Lesch DFL 66A Y
Tina Liebling DFL 30A N
Leon Lillie DFL 55A Y
Diane Loeffler DFL 59A N
Kathy Lohmer R 56A N
Jenifer Loon R 42B N
Tara Mack R 37A N
Tim Mahoney DFL 67A Y
Carlos Mariani DFL 65B Y
Paul Marquart DFL 09B Y
Pat Mazorol R 41B N
Joe McDonald R 19B N
Carolyn McElfatrick R 03B N
Carol McFarlane R 53B Y
Denny McNamara R 57B Y
Carly Melin DFL 05B Y
Rena Moran DFL 65A Y
Terry Morrow DFL 23A Y
Joe Mullery DFL 58A N
Mark Murdock R 10B O
Mary Murphy DFL 06B Y
Erin Murphy DFL 64A N
Rich Murray R 27A Y
Pam Myhra R 40A N
Michael V. Nelson DFL 46A Y
Bud Nornes R 10A Y
Kim Norton DFL 29B Y
Tim O'Driscoll R 14A Y
Michael Paymar DFL 64B N
Gene Pelowski Jr. DFL 31A Y
Joyce Peppin R 32A N
John Persell DFL 04A Y
Branden Petersen R 49B N
Sandra Peterson DFL 45A O
Jeanne Poppe DFL 27B Y
Duane Quam R 29A N
Tom Rukavina DFL 05A Y
Linda Runbeck R 53A N
Tim Sanders R 51A Y
Bev Scalze DFL 54B N
Joe Schomacker R 22A Y
Peggy Scott R 49A N
Ron Shimanski R 18A Y
Steve Simon DFL 44A Y
Nora Slawik DFL 55B Y
Linda Slocum DFL 63B Y
Steve Smith R 33A Y
Kirk Stensrud R 42A N
Chris Swedzinski R 21A Y
Paul Thissen DFL 63A Y
Tom Tillberry DFL 51B Y
Paul Torkelson R 21B Y
Dean Urdahl R 18B Y
Bruce Vogel R 13B Y
Jean Wagenius DFL 62B N
John Ward DFL 12A Y
Doug Wardlow R 38B N
Torrey Westrom R 11A Y
Ryan Winkler DFL 44B Y
Kelby Woodard R 25B Y
Kurt Zellers R 32B N

Correction: A previous version of this table incorrectly listed Rep. Mary Murphy as a "No" vote and Rep. Erin Murphy as a "Yes" vote. They each voted in the opposite manner. The table has been corrected.

Data from Minnesota State Legislature with some processing via Open States.

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Alan Palazzolo

Alan Palazzolo

Alan Palazzolo is an interactive developer at MinnPost focused on open source software, data visualization, and mapping.

Tom Nehil

Tom Nehil

Tom Nehil is MinnPost’s web producer, helping to get stories from the editors’ desks onto the web. He also works with the MinnPost interactive team.

Comments (4)

anyone know what O means?

Submitted by Bill Schletzer on May 8, 2012 - 9:06am.

My rep is listed as O

"O" Means No Vote

Submitted by Joe Brennan on May 8, 2012 - 11:19am.

It means no vote-they may have abstained or simply not voted.

Thanks, Joe

Submitted by Bill Schletzer on May 8, 2012 - 11:45am.

I figured it was something like that. I used the Vikings web site the other day to find my rep and left a voice message for her letting her know how displeased I was with the government-paid stadium. Considering Dayton's support for it, I guess a democrat who abstains is better than the alternative.

Minneapolis votes

Submitted by Bruce Bruemmer on May 8, 2012 - 11:42am.

According to my count, the only Minneapolis representatives voting to approve the bill were Champion and Thissen (the latter who will move into my district next year).