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2004Final results

2004 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bernie Lieder (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Lonn Kiel (R) by 5.7 points.

Bernie LiederDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.8%9,596
Lonn KielRepublican
47.2%8,562
18,158 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

EvenR+12.51998R+8.22000D+9.52002D+5.72004D+14.32006D+17.82008

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