1998Final results
1998 election for Minnesota House District 8B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bill Hilty (D) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating Jim Taylor (R) by 18.9 points.
Bill HiltyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.5%9,860
Jim TaylorRepublican
40.5%6,723
16,583 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