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2004Final results

2004 election for Minnesota House District 45B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Lyndon Carlson (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Gregg Prest (R) by 19.7 points.

Lyndon CarlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.3%12,093
Gregg PrestRepublican
36.7%7,873
Brian J. HanfIndependent
7.0%1,499
21,465 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+23.61996R+24.12000D+15.22002D+19.72004D+29.42006D+30.32008

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