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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Tim Finseth (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Sandra Hapka (D) by 8.2 points.

Tim FinsethRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.1%7,583
Sandra HapkaDemocrat
45.9%6,437
14,020 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

EvenR+13.11994R+17.31996R+12.51998R+8.22000D+9.52002D+5.72004

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