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2002Final results

2002 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bernie Lieder (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Lonn Kiel (R) by 9.5 points.

Bernie LiederDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.7%8,208
Lonn KielRepublican
45.3%6,790
14,998 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

EvenR+17.31996R+12.51998R+8.22000D+9.52002D+5.72004D+14.32006

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