1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Minnesota House District 35B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mark Buesgens (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Becky Kelso (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mark BuesgensRepublican · winner
51.6%9,274
Becky KelsoDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%8,688
17,962 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET