The House roll-call vote on gay marriage ban

May 23, 2011 at 3:05AM

The House roll-call vote on gay marriage banThe Minnesota House voted 70-62 to send a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to 2012 voters. Voting yes were 68 Republicans and two DFLers. Voting no were four Republicans and 58 DFLers.

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES:

Abeler (Anoka); Anderson, B. (Buffalo Twp.); Anderson, D. (Eagan); Anderson, P. (Starbuck); Anderson, S. (Plymouth); Banaian (St. Cloud); Barrett (Shafer); Beard (Shakopee); Benson, M. (Rochester); Bills (Rosemount); Buesgens (Jordan); Cornish (Good Thunder); Crawford (Mora); Daudt (Crown); Davids (Preston); Dean (Dellwood); Dettmer (Forest Lake); Doepke (Orono); Downey (Edina); Drazkowski (Mazeppa); Erickson (Princeton); Fabian (Roseau); Franson (Alexandria); Garofalo (Farmington); Gottwalt (St. Cloud); Gruenhagen (Glencoe); Gunther (Fairmont); Hackbarth (Cedar); Hamilton (Mountain Lake); Hancock (Bemidji); Holberg (Lakeville); Hoppe (Chaska); Howes (Walker); Kieffer (Woodbury); Kiel (Crookston); Kiffmeyer (Big Lake); Lanning (Moorhead); Leidiger (Mayer); LeMieur (Little Falls); Lohmer (Lake Elmo); Loon (Eden Prairie); Mack (Apple Valley); Mazorol (Bloomington); McDonald (Delano); McElfatrick (Grand Rapids); McFarlane (White Bear Lake); McNamara (Hastings); Murdock (Ottertail); Myhra (Burnsville); Nornes (Fergus Falls); O'Driscoll (Sartell); Peppin (Rogers); Petersen, B. (Andover); Quam (Byron); Runbeck (Circle Pines); Sanders (Blaine); Schomacker (Luverne); Scott (Andover); Shimanski (Silver Lake); Stensrud (Eden Prairie); Swedzinski (Ghent); Torkelson (Nelson Twp.); Urdahl (Grove City); Vogel (Willmar); Wardlow (Eagan); Westrom (Elbow Lake); Woodard (Belle Plaine); Zellers (Maple Grove)

REPUBLICANS VOTING NO:

Kelly (Red Wing); Kriesel (Cottage Grove); Murray (Albert Lea); Smith (Mound)

DFLERS VOTING YES:

Dittrich (Champlin); Koenen (Clara City)

DFLERS VOTING NO:

Anzelc (Balsam Twp.); Atkins (Inver Grove Heights); Benson, J. (Minnetonka); Brynaert (Mankato); Carlson (Crystal); Clark (Minneapolis); Davnie (Minneapolis); Eken (Twin Valley); Falk (Murdock); Fritz (Faribault); Gauthier (Duluth); Greene (Minneapolis); Greiling (Roseville); Hansen (South St. Paul); Hausman (St. Paul); Hayden (Minneapolis); Hilstrom (Brooklyn Center); Hilty (Finlayson); Hornstein (Minneapolis); Hortman (Brooklyn Park); Hosch (St. Joseph); Huntley (Duluth); Johnson (St. Paul); Kahn (Minneapolis); Kath (Owatonna); Knuth (New Brighton); Laine (Columbia Heights); Lenczewski (Bloomington); Lesch (St. Paul); Liebling (Rochester); Lillie (North St. Paul); Loeffler (Minneapolis); Mahoney (St. Paul); Mariani (St. Paul); Marquart (Dilworth); Melin (Hibbing); Moran (St. Paul); Morrow (St. Peter); Mullery (Minneapolis); Murphy, E. (St. Paul); Murphy, M. (Hermantown); Nelson (Brooklyn Park); Norton (Rochester); Paymar (St. Paul); Pelowski (Winona); Persell (Bemidji); Peterson, S. (New Hope); Poppe (Austin); Rukavina (Virginia); Scalze (Little Canada); Simon (St. Louis Park); Slawik (Maplewood); Slocum (Richfield); Thissen (Minneapolis); Tillberry (Fridley); Wagenius (Minneapolis); Ward (Brainerd); Winkler (Golden Valley)

DFLERS NOT VOTING:

Champion (Minneapolis); Dill (Crane Lake)

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