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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bernie Lieder (D) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Lonn Kiel (R) by 17.8 points.

Bernie LiederDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.9%10,193
Lonn KielRepublican
41.1%7,116
17,309 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+9.52002D+5.72004D+14.32006D+17.82008R+1.02010R+4.02012

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