1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Minnesota House District 50A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tom Hackbarth (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Kathleen Sekhon (D) by 12.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom HackbarthRepublican · winner
56.4%10,030
Kathleen SekhonDemocrat · incumbent
43.6%7,756
17,786 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