2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Minnesota House District 44A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Steve Simon (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Rhodes (R) by 11.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Steve SimonDemocrat · winner
55.7%11,643
Jim RhodesRepublican · incumbent
44.3%9,272
20,915 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET