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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 3B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Loren Solberg (D) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Carolyn McElfatrick (R) by 15.6 points.

Loren SolbergDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.8%11,951
42.2%8,732
20,683 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+20.62000D+6.72002D+10.22004D+15.62008R+2.52010D+30.02012

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