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2014Final results

2014 election for Minnesota House District 42A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Barb Yarusso (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Randy Jessup (R) by 1.3 points.

Barb YarussoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.6%8,766
Randy JessupRepublican
49.3%8,546
17,340 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

EvenD+16.62008R+0.62010D+6.72012D+1.32014R+0.52016D+15.12018

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