2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2006 election for Minnesota House District 43B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
John Benson (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating David Johnson (R) by 7.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John BensonDemocrat · winner
54.0%9,927
David JohnsonRepublican
46.0%8,471
18,398 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