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1998Final results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 33B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Rich Stanek (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Sam Garst (D) by 18.9 points.

Rich StanekRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.2%9,527
Sam GarstDemocrat
37.3%6,320
6.5%1,093
16,940 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

EvenR+30.41990R+18.31992R+26.91994R+18.91998R+20.22000R+24.22004

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