1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Minnesota House District 52B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Barb Haake (R) won with 48.6% of the vote, defeating Geri Evans (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Barb HaakeRepublican · winner
48.6%7,034
Geri EvansDemocrat · incumbent
43.1%6,241
William HelgesonOther party
8.3%1,199
14,474 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