2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Minnesota House District 1A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Maxine Penas (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Jim Tunheim (D) by 4.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Maxine PenasRepublican · winner
52.4%8,020
Jim TunheimDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%7,288
15,308 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET