2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 1B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Debra Kiel (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Bernie Lieder (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Debra KielRepublican · winner
50.5%6,528
Bernie LiederDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%6,397
12,932 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET