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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 45B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Lyndon Carlson (D) won with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Gregg Prest (R) by 30.3 points.

Lyndon CarlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.2%13,719
Gregg PrestRepublican
34.8%7,335
21,054 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+15.22002D+19.72004D+29.42006D+30.32008D+21.82010D+32.02012

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