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2014Final results

2014 election for Minnesota House District 61B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Paul Thissen (D) won with 80.9% of the vote, defeating Tom Gallagher (R) by 62.0 points.

Paul ThissenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.9%14,740
Tom GallagherRepublican
18.9%3,445
18,212 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+51.02008D+76.62010D+63.12012D+62.02014D+61.02016D+71.72018

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