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1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 40B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Ann Lenczewski (D) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Mike Fossum (R) by 10.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ann LenczewskiDemocrat · winner
55.1%8,530
Mike FossumRepublican
44.9%6,964
15,494 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+34.31992R+14.21994R+11.41996D+10.11998D+33.02000D+21.02002

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