2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Minnesota House District 38B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mike Obermueller (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Lynn Wardlow (R) by 2.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mike ObermuellerDemocrat · winner
51.2%10,712
Lynn WardlowRepublican · incumbent
48.8%10,193
20,905 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET