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1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for Minnesota House District 51A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Andy Westerberg (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Mike Delmont (D) by 5.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Andy WesterbergRepublican · winner
52.8%7,809
Mike DelmontDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%6,986
14,795 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+20.01992D+2.71994D+6.31996R+5.61998R+0.42000R+9.52002

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