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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 55B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Nora Slawik (D) won with 64.5% of the vote, defeating Joel Wellman (R) by 29.0 points.

Nora SlawikDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.5%13,158
Joel WellmanRepublican
35.5%7,246
20,404 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+18.02002D+12.02004D+32.52006D+29.02008D+14.62010R+26.92012

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