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1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 4B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Larry Howes (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Evelyn Tanner (D) by 1.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Larry HowesRepublican · winner
50.8%8,625
49.2%8,370
16,995 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+26.71992D+15.61994D+13.71996R+1.51998R+3.32000R+16.32002

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