1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Minnesota House District 57A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Seifert (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Nora Slawik (D) by 1.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim SeifertRepublican · winner
50.7%9,607
Nora SlawikDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%9,330
18,937 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