2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Minnesota House District 9B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Paul Marquart (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Robert Westfall (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul MarquartDemocrat · winner
53.7%9,137
Robert WestfallRepublican · incumbent
46.3%7,863
17,000 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