U.S. House, District 08, 2020 Election

Primary Republican

Date: August 11, 2020
Cycle: 2020
Office: U.S. House
State: Minnesota
District: 08
Counties: Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Saint Louis, Wadena
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Pete Stauber Incumbent Man Republican 39,060 93.75 +87.49
Harry R. Welty Man Republican 2,606 6.25

Representative Stauber was renominated in his bid for a second term.

Welty was a resident of Duluth, a Perot Choice nominee for the 8th CD in 1992, a Unity Party nominee for the 8th CD in 2006, and a GOP candidate for the 8th CD in 2018.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Canvassing Report, State Canvassing Board, Office of Secretary of State, State of Minnesota, August 18, 2020 (p. 28-29).