2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota House District 17B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jeremy Kalin (D) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Peter Nelson (R) by 1.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jeremy KalinDemocrat · winner
50.5%9,629
Peter NelsonRepublican · incumbent
49.5%9,425
19,054 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET