2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for Minnesota House District 7B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mike Jaros (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Dale Swapinski (Ind) by 29.9 points.
Mike JarosDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.9%7,654
Dale SwapinskiIndependent · incumbent
25.0%3,482
Marcia HalesRepublican
20.1%2,805
13,941 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET