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2008Final results

2008 election for Minnesota House District 62A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Jim Davnie (D) won with 83.6% of the vote, defeating Dave Shegstad (R) by 67.2 points.

Jim DavnieDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.6%17,190
Dave ShegstadRepublican
16.4%3,368
20,558 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+56.72002D+58.42004D+67.92006D+67.22008D+68.22010D+79.62012

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