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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota House District 8A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Mary Murphy (D) won with 70.1% of the vote, defeating Ray Wheeler (R) by 40.2 points.

Mary MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.1%11,997
Ray WheelerRepublican
29.9%5,116
17,113 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+0.81994D+32.31996D+35.71998D+40.22000D+34.02002D+35.42004

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