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2004Final results

2004 election for Minnesota House District 18B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Dean Urdahl (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating David Detert (D) by 11.7 points.

Dean UrdahlRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.8%11,079
David DetertDemocrat
44.2%8,760
19,839 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+2.81998D+6.42000R+13.42002R+11.72004R+5.92006R+17.52008

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