2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota House District 8B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tim Faust (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Judy Soderstrom (R) by 4.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tim FaustDemocrat · winner
52.3%8,230
Judy SoderstromRepublican · incumbent
47.7%7,499
15,729 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