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2004Final results

2004 election for Minnesota House District 49A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Chris Delaforest (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Pithan (D) by 26.1 points.

Chris DelaforestRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.0%13,856
Jim PithanDemocrat
37.0%8,124
21,980 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+2.41998R+9.32000R+28.52002R+26.12004R+20.82006R+18.82008

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