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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota House District 59B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Phyllis Kahn (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Ben Bowman (R) by 26.0 points.

Phyllis KahnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%10,057
Ben BowmanRepublican
37.0%5,909
15,966 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

EvenD+36.71994D+41.11996D+34.11998D+26.02000D+36.62004D+56.72006

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