Terry Morrow Democratic (DFL) Clark Johnson Democratic (DFL) A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013, to elect a new representative for District 19A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Terry Morrow on January 7, 2013.

Clark Johnson, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominee, won the special election.

On December 19, 2012, Representative Terry Morrow announced he would resign to join the Uniform Law Commission as its legislative director.

[1][2] He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.

[3] The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) did not endorse a candidate until after the deadline for withdrawing (January 16 at 5:00 p.m.), leaving the candidates that did not win the party endorsement unable to withdraw their candidacies, causing a primary election.