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1998Final results

1998 election for Minnesota House District 8A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Mary Murphy (D) won with 67.8% of the vote, defeating Ray Wheeler (R) by 35.7 points.

Mary MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.8%9,410
Ray WheelerRepublican
32.2%4,463
13,873 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+0.91992D+0.81994D+32.31996D+35.71998D+40.22000D+34.02002

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