2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Minnesota House District 51A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tim Sanders (R) won with 47.9% of the vote, defeating Shawn Hamilton (D) by 4.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim SandersRepublican · winner
47.9%11,813
Shawn HamiltonDemocrat
43.3%10,679
Daniel William SandersIndependent
8.8%2,166
24,658 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