2008Final results
2008 election for Minnesota House District 8A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bill Hilty (D) won with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Tim Hafvenstein (R) by 30.4 points.
Bill HiltyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.2%13,042
Tim HafvensteinRepublican
34.8%6,956
19,998 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