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1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 134 seats

After the electionD 63 · R 71
Races134
Changed party9
Unopposed5%7 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 63 · R 71

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AJim Tunheim (D)17.1
HD-1BTim Finseth (R)12.5
HD-2ABernie Lieder (D)27.1
HD-2BRod Skoe (D)8.6
HD-3AIrvin Anderson (D)32.8
HD-3BLoren Solberg (D)22.7
HD-4ADoug Fuller (R)5.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-4BLarry Howes (R)1.5Flipped
HD-5AThomas Rukavina (D)49.2
HD-5BDavid J. Tomassoni (D)51.0
HD-6AThomas Bakk (D)45.2
HD-6BThomas Huntley (D)11.1
HD-7AWillard Munger (D)34.3
HD-7BMike Jaros (D)30.4
HD-8AMary Murphy (D)35.7
HD-8BBill Hilty (D)18.9
HD-9AKevin Goodno (R)56.5
HD-9BRobert Westfall (R)17.1
HD-10ALarry Nornes (R)28.9
HD-10BGeorge Cassell (R)7.1
HD-11ARoxann Daggett (R)Unopposed
HD-11BMary Ellen Otremba (D)33.4
HD-12AKris Hasskamp (D)7.9
HD-12BStephen Wenzel (D)30.0
HD-13ATorrey Westrom (R)27.2
HD-13BDoug Peterson (D)42.1
HD-14ASteve Dehler (R)15.9
HD-14BDoug Stang (R)45.2
HD-15AAl Juhnke (D)16.9
HD-15BGary W. Kubly (D)24.0
HD-16AJoe Opatz (D)27.3
HD-16BJim Knoblach (R)27.8
HD-17ASondra Erickson (R)7.7
HD-17BLeslie J. Schumacher (D)18.0
HD-18AJim Rostberg (R)7.6
HD-18BLoren Jennings (D)2.8
HD-19AMark Olson (R)21.1
HD-19BBruce D. Anderson (R)26.7
HD-20ARobert Ness (R)37.5
HD-20BTony Kielkucki (R)12.4
HD-21AMarty Seifert (R)38.0
HD-21BRichard Mulder (R)23.1
HD-22ATed Winter (D)18.3
HD-22BElaine Harder (R)34.2
HD-23AJames Clark (R)25.7
HD-23BHoward Swenson (R)32.8
HD-24AJohn Dorn (D)16.9
HD-24BJulie Storm (R)7.2Flipped
HD-25AJohn Tuma (R)7.3
HD-25BLynda Boudreau (R)17.5
HD-26ABob Gunther (R)Unopposed
HD-26BHenry Kalis (D)22.0
HD-27ADan Dorman (R)6.4
HD-27BRobert J. Leighton (D)41.3
HD-28ADoug Reuter (R)35.7
HD-28BSteve Sviggum (R)49.3
HD-29AJerry Dempsey (R)39.5
HD-29BMike Osskopp (R)27.4
HD-30AFran Bradley (R)Unopposed
HD-30BDave Bishop (R)33.0
HD-31AWilliam Kuisle (R)47.9
HD-31BGreg Davids (R)20.4
HD-32AGene Pelowski Jr. (D)23.0
HD-32BMichelle Rifenberg (R)Unopposed
HD-33AArlon Lindner (R)28.5
HD-33BRich Stanek (R)18.9
HD-34ASteve Smith (R)14.3
HD-34BTodd Vandellen (R)Unopposed
HD-35ACarol Molnau (R)58.7
HD-35BMark Buesgens (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-36AChris Gerlach (R)12.1
HD-36BDan McElroy (R)34.0
HD-37ADennis Ozment (R)25.6
HD-37BMary Liz Holberg (R)29.7
HD-38ATim Wilkin (R)12.3
HD-38BTim Pawlenty (R)36.4
HD-39AThomas Pugh (D)13.8
HD-39BRobert Milbert (D)33.2
HD-40ADan Larson (D)2.8
HD-40BAnn Lenczewski (D)10.1Flipped
HD-41AAlice Seagren (R)Unopposed
HD-41BKen Wolf (R)35.9
HD-42ARon Erhardt (R)29.2
HD-42BErik Paulsen (R)47.6
HD-43ATom Workman (R)34.9
HD-43BBarbara J. Sykora (R)46.3
HD-44ABetty Folliard (D)6.2
HD-44BJim Rhodes (R)24.8
HD-45ARon Abrams (R)29.6
HD-45BPeggy Leppik (R)Unopposed
HD-46AAnn Rest (D)2.4
HD-46BLyndon Carlson (D)16.4
HD-47ADarlene Luther (D)11.8
HD-47BPhil Carruthers (D)22.6
HD-48AWilliam G. Haas Jr. (R)15.2
HD-48BAlice Johnson (D)19.3
HD-49AJim Abeler (R)2.4
HD-49BLuanne S. Koskinen (D)1.2
HD-50ATom Hackbarth (R)12.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-50BKathy Tingelstad (R)29.1
HD-51AAndy Westerberg (R)5.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-51BRay Vandeveer (R)15.8
HD-52ASatveer Chaudhary (D)11.8
HD-52BBarb Haake (R)5.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53APhil Krinkie (R)22.4
HD-53BSherry Broecker (R)22.9
HD-54AMary McGuire (D)5.9
HD-54BMindy Greiling (D)22.0
HD-55AHarry Mares (R)34.1
HD-55BBetty McCollum (D)21.0
HD-56AMark Holsten (R)28.8
HD-56BPeg Larsen (R)33.1
HD-57AJim Seifert (R)1.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-57BSharon Marko (D)22.7
HD-58AJoe Mullery (D)38.4
HD-58BGregory Gray (D)64.9
HD-59ALen Biernat (D)36.2
HD-59BPhyllis Kahn (D)34.1
HD-60AMargaret Anderson Kelliher (D)40.4
HD-60BMyron Orfield (D)44.0
HD-61AKaren Clark (D)65.0
HD-61BLinda Wejcman (D)60.0
HD-62ALee Greenfield (D)55.0
HD-62BWesley Skoglund (D)38.7
HD-63AJean Wagenius (D)31.5
HD-63BMark S. Gleason (D)12.6
HD-64AMatt Entenza (D)46.4
HD-64BMichael Paymar (D)21.3
HD-65AAndy Dawkins (D)57.4
HD-65BCarlos Mariani (D)40.9
HD-66ATom Osthoff (D)38.7
HD-66BAlice Hausman (D)40.6
HD-67ATim Mahoney (D)29.2
HD-67BSteve Trimble (D)19.9

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner