2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 5A

Name: 2008 election for Minnesota House District 5A
Start: 2008-11-04
Location: Minnesota

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Thomas Rukavina (D) won with 78.4% of the vote, defeating Greg Knutson (R) by 56.9 points.

Thomas RukavinaDemocrat · winner · incumbent

78.4%16,230

21.6%4,461

20,691 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

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