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1998Final results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 2A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bernie Lieder (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Mitch Thompson (R) by 27.1 points.

Bernie LiederDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.6%7,946
Mitch ThompsonRepublican
36.4%4,553
12,499 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+20.61992D+22.31994D+32.31996D+27.11998D+18.02000D+8.42002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET