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1998Final results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 64B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Michael Paymar (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Ray Cleveland (R) by 21.3 points.

Michael PaymarDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%10,746
Ray ClevelandRepublican
39.4%6,978
17,724 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+37.11992D+40.51994D+20.01996D+21.31998D+33.82000D+37.32002

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