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2002Final results

2002 election for Minnesota House District 15A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Jim Knoblach (R) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Jim Kostreba (D) by 14.3 points.

Jim KnoblachRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.2%8,823
Jim KostrebaDemocrat
42.8%6,612
15,435 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+0.81996D+16.91998D+14.12000R+14.32002R+26.52004R+9.12006

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