2016 Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new representative for District 50B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Ann Lenczewski, effective on December 15, 2015. As only one candidate each filed for the nomination of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), a primary election was not held. Chad Anderson, the Republican nominee, won the special election.

Republican Party of Minnesota
The Senate District 50 Republican Party held a convention to endorse a candidate on December 12, 2015. Chad Anderson won the endorsement over Sanu Patel-Zellinger after a single ballot.


 * Chad Anderson, real estate broker

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 * Sanu Patel-Zellinger

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
The Senate District 50 Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsed Andrew Carlson on December 14, 2015.


 * Andrew Carlson, Bloomington two-term City Council member