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2014Final results

2014 election for Minnesota House District 16B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Paul Torkelson (R) won with 64.9% of the vote, defeating James Kanne (D) by 30.0 points.

Paul TorkelsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.9%9,053
James KanneDemocrat
34.9%4,872
13,941 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+27.62008R+40.82010R+23.92012R+30.02014R+46.22016R+26.42018

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