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2004Final results

2004 election for Minnesota House District 2A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Kent Eken (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Ellefson (R) by 18.0 points.

Kent EkenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.0%10,939
Jim EllefsonRepublican
41.0%7,595
18,534 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+27.11998D+18.02000D+8.42002D+18.02004D+38.72006D+27.22008

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