2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Minnesota House District 17B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dave Baker (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Mary Sawatzky (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave BakerRepublican · winner
50.7%7,807
Mary SawatzkyDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%7,593
15,410 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET