2002 general · November 5, 2002

2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 2002 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 134 seats

After the electionD 52 · R 82
Races134
Changed party0
Unopposed5%7 races
Incumbents defeated9

Every district

D 52 · R 82

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AMaxine Penas (R)32.2
HD-1BBernie Lieder (D)9.5
HD-2AKent Eken (D)8.4
HD-2BDoug Lindgren (R)2.9
HD-3AIrvin Anderson (D)Unopposed
HD-3BLoren Solberg (D)6.7
HD-4ADoug Fuller (R)12.3
HD-4BLarry Howes (R)16.3
HD-5AThomas Rukavina (D)60.1
HD-5BAnthony Sertich (D)51.1
HD-6ADavid Dill (D)34.0
HD-6BMary Murphy (D)43.3
HD-7AThomas Huntley (D)24.2
HD-7BMike Jaros (D)29.9Incumbent lost
HD-8ABill Hilty (D)34.0
HD-8BJudy Soderstrom (R)7.3Incumbent lost
HD-9AMorrie Lanning (R)23.5
HD-9BPaul Marquart (D)36.5
HD-10ALarry Nornes (R)19.2
HD-10BDean Simpson (R)Unopposed
HD-11ATorrey Westrom (R)33.3
HD-11BMary Ellen Otremba (D)20.0
HD-12ADale Walz (R)13.8
HD-12BGreg Blaine (R)13.8
HD-13ABud Heidgerken (R)21.3
HD-13BAl Juhnke (D)14.7
HD-14ADan Severson (R)2.0
HD-14BDoug Stang (R)33.8
HD-15AJim Knoblach (R)14.3
HD-15BJoe Opatz (D)18.4
HD-16ASondra Erickson (R)18.3
HD-16BMark Olson (R)16.2Incumbent lost
HD-17ARob Eastlund (R)6.5
HD-17BPeter Nelson (R)16.0
HD-18ATony Kielkucki (R)24.2
HD-18BDean Urdahl (R)13.4
HD-19ABruce D. Anderson (R)21.4
HD-19BDick Borrell (R)2.4
HD-20AAaron Peterson (D)6.0
HD-20BLyle Koenen (D)1.6
HD-21AMarty Seifert (R)37.5
HD-21BBrad Finstad (R)19.5
HD-22ADoug Magnus (R)7.7Incumbent lost
HD-22BElaine Harder (R)16.8
HD-23AHoward Swenson (R)7.3Incumbent lost
HD-23BJohn Dorn (D)20.7
HD-24ABob Gunther (R)44.8
HD-24BTony Cornish (R)3.3
HD-25ALaura Brod (R)5.0
HD-25BRay Cox (R)0.3
HD-26AConnie Ruth (R)37.8
HD-26BLynda Boudreau (R)4.6
HD-27ADan Dorman (R)14.8
HD-27BJeff Anderson (R)2.5
HD-28AJerry Dempsey (R)14.0
HD-28BSteve Sviggum (R)32.3
HD-29ARandy Demmer (R)18.1
HD-29BFran Bradley (R)35.5
HD-30ACarla Nelson (R)6.6
HD-30BWilliam Kuisle (R)41.8
HD-31AGene Pelowski Jr. (D)30.2
HD-31BGreg Davids (R)7.0
HD-32AArlon Lindner (R)35.4
HD-32BRich Stanek (R)Unopposed
HD-33ASteve Smith (R)23.6
HD-33BBarbara J. Sykora (R)Unopposed
HD-34APaul Kohls (R)36.0
HD-34BJoe Hoppe (R)19.8
HD-35AMichael Beard (R)25.3
HD-35BMark Buesgens (R)31.3
HD-36AMary Liz Holberg (R)40.2
HD-36BSteve Strachan (R)18.1
HD-37AChris Gerlach (R)28.3
HD-37BDennis Ozment (R)34.5
HD-38ATim Wilkin (R)16.5
HD-38BLynn Wardlow (R)19.0
HD-39AThomas Pugh (D)9.1
HD-39BJoe Atkins (D)34.6
HD-40ADan McElroy (R)22.3
HD-40BAnn Lenczewski (D)21.0
HD-41ARon Erhardt (R)29.3
HD-41BAlice Seagren (R)27.4
HD-42APeter Adolphson (R)18.3
HD-42BErik Paulsen (R)44.0
HD-43AJeff Johnson (R)23.5
HD-43BRon Abrams (R)20.7
HD-44AJim Rhodes (R)1.8Incumbent lost
HD-44BRon Latz (D)13.7
HD-45ALynne Osterman (R)8.9Incumbent lost
HD-45BLyndon Carlson (D)15.2
HD-46AMichael Nelson (D)11.1
HD-46BDebra Hilstrom (D)11.6
HD-47AWilliam G. Haas Jr. (R)22.2Incumbent lost
HD-47BStephanie Olsen (R)8.1
HD-48ATom Hackbarth (R)18.8
HD-48BJim Abeler (R)14.5
HD-49AChris Delaforest (R)28.5
HD-49BKathy Tingelstad (R)15.8
HD-50ABarb Goodwin (D)26.5
HD-50BChar Samuelson (R)10.6Incumbent lost
HD-51AAndy Westerberg (R)9.5
HD-51BConnie Bernardy (D)21.7
HD-52ARay Vandeveer (R)22.1
HD-52BMark Holsten (R)17.6
HD-53APhil Krinkie (R)15.0
HD-53BDoug Meslow (R)9.8
HD-54AMindy Greiling (D)8.3
HD-54BCarl Jacobson (R)1.8
HD-55AScott Wasiluk (D)17.8
HD-55BNora Slawik (D)18.0
HD-56AEric Lipman (R)4.0
HD-56BKaren Klinzing (R)18.8
HD-57AKatie Sieben (D)18.2
HD-57BDenny McNamara (R)10.4
HD-58AJoe Mullery (D)46.6
HD-58BKeith Ellison (D)52.5
HD-59ALen Biernat (D)Unopposed
HD-59BPhyllis Kahn (D)Unopposed
HD-60AMargaret Anderson Kelliher (D)56.1
HD-60BFrank Hornstein (D)Unopposed
HD-61AKaren Clark (D)70.9
HD-61BNeva Walker (D)67.6
HD-62AJim Davnie (D)56.7
HD-62BJean Wagenius (D)40.3
HD-63APaul Thissen (D)19.3
HD-63BDan Larson (D)17.0
HD-64AMatt Entenza (D)52.7
HD-64BMichael Paymar (D)37.3
HD-65ACy Thao (D)59.0
HD-65BCarlos Mariani (D)46.1
HD-66AJohn Lesch (D)43.6
HD-66BAlice Hausman (D)44.0
HD-67ATim Mahoney (D)39.2
HD-67BSheldon Johnson (D)35.3

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner