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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota House District 8B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bill Hilty (D) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Roger Nelson (R) by 17.9 points.

Bill HiltyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.9%11,574
Roger NelsonRepublican
41.1%8,067
19,641 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+14.31994D+19.11996D+18.91998D+17.92000R+7.32002R+0.42004

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