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2002Final results

2002 election for Minnesota House District 30A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Carla Nelson (R) won with 39.8% of the vote, defeating Tina Liebling (D) by 6.6 points.

Carla NelsonRepublican · winner
39.8%5,334
33.2%4,446
Joe DuffyIndependent
27.0%3,618
13,398 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+19.51992R+26.21994R+30.42000R+6.62002D+1.62004D+5.72006

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