2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2008 election for Minnesota House District 49B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jerry Newton (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Jake Cimenski (R) by 13.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jerry NewtonDemocrat · winner
56.7%11,019
Jake CimenskiRepublican
43.3%8,413
19,432 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