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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 57B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Denny McNamara (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Rod Vanvleet (D) by 14.6 points.

Denny McNamaraRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.3%13,102
Rod VanvleetDemocrat
42.7%9,770
22,872 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

EvenR+10.42002R+20.92004R+13.62006R+14.62008R+31.02010R+6.52012

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