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| DISTRICT | CANDIDATE | PARTY | PROFILE | VOTES | VOTE% |
| 1A | Maxine Penas (i)  |
GOP | Profile | 11,202 | 62.0% |
| Valerie Solem | DFL | Profile | 6,865 | 38.0% | |
1B KEY RACE10-term incumbent Bernie Lieder is challenged by farmer Kiel. |
Lonn Kiel | GOP | Profile | 8,562 | 47.1% |
| Bernard Lieder (i) |
DFL | Profile | 9,596 | 52.8% | |
| 2A KEY RACE Eken is a 1st term DFLer challenged by Republican with name recognition as mayor of Ada. (Race profile) |
Bernhard Kent Eken (i) |
DFL | 10,939 | 59% | |
| Jim Ellefson | GOP | 7,595 | 41% | ||
| 2B | Doug Lindgren (i) | GOP | 9,652 | 49% | |
| Brita Sailer |
DFL | 9,988 | 51% | ||
| 3A | Irv Anderson (i) |
DFL | 14,340 | 77% | |
| Bill Hamm | IP | 4,297 | 23% | ||
| 3B | Douglas Aitken | GOP | Profile | 9,254 | 45% |
| Loren Solberg (i) |
DFL | Profile | 11,364 | 55% | |
| 4A (Race profile) |
Doug Fuller (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,844 | 45% |
| Frank Moe |
DFL | Profile | 10,233 | 53% | |
| Adam Steele | IP | Profile | 405 | 2% | |
| 4B | Larry Howes (i) |
GOP | 12,801 | 57% | |
| Carl Samuelson | DFL | Profile | 9,712 | 43% | |
| 5A | Tom Rukavina (i) |
DFL | Profile | 16,237 | 76% |
| Gerald Williams | GOP | 4,978 | 23% | ||
| 5B | Anthony Sertich(i) |
DFL | 14,999 | 73% | |
| John Spanish | IP | 732 | 4% | ||
| Allen Thomsen | GOP | 4,683 | 23% | ||
| 6A KEY RACE Dill faces allegations of campaign finance violations, but showed strength in defeating primary opponent. |
Marty Breaker | GOP | 6,197 | 28% | |
| David Dill (i) |
DFL | 15,487 | 69% | ||
| 6B | Mary Murphy (i) |
DFL | 15,538 | 71% | |
| Dale Brodin | GOP | 6,368 | 29% | ||
| 7A | Thomas Huntley (i) |
DFL | 14,863 | 66% | |
| Steve Peterson | GOP | 7,677 | 34% | ||
| 7B | Mike Jaros (i) |
DFL | Profile | 14,677 | 77% |
| Tim Marczak | GOP | 4,259 | 22% | ||
| 8A | Bill Hilty (i) |
DFL | Profile | 13,533 | 68% |
| Uriah Wilkinson | GOP | 6,458 | 32% | ||
| 8B KEY RACE Soderstrom won with 49.7% of the vote in 2002. |
Tim Faust | DFL | 9,904 | 49.6% | |
| Judy Soderstrom (i) |
GOP | 9,998 | 50.1% | ||
| 9A KEY RACE A battle with a Green candidate, a popular former mayor, and a city council member (Race profile) |
Wade Hannon | GRN | Profile | 527 | 3% |
| Morrie Lanning (i) |
GOP | 10,384 | 55% | ||
| Lauri Winterfeldt-Shanks | DFL | Profile | 7,899 | 42% | |
| 9B | Paul Marquart (i) |
DFL | Profile | 14,113 | 71% |
| Tim Sycks | GOP | Profile | 5,856 | 29% | |
| 10A | Bud Nornes (i) |
GOP | Profile | 12,032 | 60% |
| Maryjane Westra | DFL | Profile | 7,933 | 40% | |
| 10B | James A. Adamietz | DFL | 6,811 | 36% | |
| Dean Simpson (i) |
GOP | 12,273 | 64% | ||
| 11A | Glenn Kuehne | GRN | Profile | 499 | 2% |
| Torrey Westrom (i) |
GOP | 12,689 | 59% | ||
| Larry Zilliox | DFL | 8,266 | 38% | ||
| 11B | Marlene Clark | GOP | 7,648 | 38% | |
| Mary Ellen Otremba (i) |
DFL | 12,291 | 62% | ||
| 12A KEY RACE An open seat in Brainerd with the retirement of GOP Dale Walz (Race profile) |
Larry Anderson | IP | 713 | 4% | |
| Paul Gazelka |
GOP | 10,144 | 50% | ||
| Don Samuelson | DFL | 9,417 | 46% | ||
| 12B | Bob Keeton | DFL | 7,430 | 38% | |
| Greg Blaine (i) |
GOP | 9,933 | 50% | ||
| Al Doty | IP | 2,460 | 12% | ||
| 13A | Bud Heidgerken (i) |
GOP | Profile | 13,297 | 67% |
| Bruce Shuck | DFL | Profile | 6,535 | 33% | |
| 13B KEY RACE |
Al Juhnke (i) |
DFL | 9,856 | 53% | |
| Bonnie Wilhelm | GOP | Profile | 8,882 | 47% | |
| 14A | Kent Nelson | DFL | Profile | 8,003 | 38% |
| Dan Severson (i) |
GOP | Profile | 13,070 | 62% | |
| 14B | Larry Hosch |
DFL | 11,054 | 52% | |
| Jim Derose | GOP | 10,174 | 48% | ||
| 15A | Jim Knoblach (i) |
GOP | 13,883 | 63% | |
| Anne Nolan | DFL | Profile | 8,232 | 37% | |
| 15B | Joe Opatz (i) |
DFL | 10,855 | 64% | |
| Randall Olson | GOP | 6,186 | 36% | ||
| 16A (Race profile) |
Sondra Erickson (i) |
GOP | Profile | 11,398 | 54% |
| Gail Kulick Jackson | DFL | Profile | 9,591 | 46% | |
| 16B | Jim Huhtala | DFL | Profile | 8,871 | 38% |
| Mark Olson (i) |
GOP | 14,285 | 62% | ||
| 17A | Rob Eastlund (i) |
GOP | 11,804 | 53% | |
| Pat Sundberg | DFL | 10,460 | 47% | ||
| 17B | Jeremy Kalin | DFL | 10,711 | 44% | |
| Pete Nelson (i) |
GOP | 12,701 | 53% | ||
| P.J. Richardson | IP | 794 | 3% | ||
| 18A | Scott Newman (i) |
GOP | 10,587 | 57% | |
| Kevin Johnson | DFL | 8,008 | 43% | ||
| 18B | David Detert | DFL | 8,759 | 44% | |
| Dean Urdahl (i) |
GOP | 11,079 | 56% | ||
| 19A | Bruce Anderson (i) |
GOP | 12,772 | 58% | |
| Geoffrey Tenney | DFL | 9,072 | 42% | ||
| 19B KEY RACE An open seat held by a one-term Republican. Schmidt lost by just 2% in 2002. |
Tom Emmer |
GOP | Profile | 15,328 | 60% |
| Lori Schmidt | DFL | Profile | 10,171 | 40% | |
| 20A KEY RACE Is the first term incumbent vulnerable in a socially conservative district? |
Aaron Peterson (i) |
DFL | 10,330 | 55% | |
| Jeff Moen | GOP | 8,316 | 45% | ||
| 20B KEY RACE It was a tight race last time; 225 votes. |
Colin Berg | GOP | Profile | 8,515 | 46% |
| Lyle Koenen (i) |
DFL | Profile | 9,812 | 54% | |
| 21A | Pat Mellenthin | DFL | Profile | 7,085 | 39% |
| Marty Seifert (i) |
GOP | 10,933 | 61% | ||
| 21B | Joe Eckstein | DFL | 7,395 | 40% | |
| Brad Finstad (i) |
GOP | 10,904 | 60% | ||
| 22A | Doug Magnus (i) |
GOP | 10,607 | 57% | |
| Kathryn Ness | DFL | Profile | 7,955 | 43% | |
| 22B (Race profile) |
Rod Hamilton |
GOP | 8,970 | 51% | |
| Richard Peterson | DFL | 8,648 | 49% | ||
| 23A | Howard Swenson (i) | GOP | 9,618 | 46% | |
| Ruth Johnson |
DFL | 10,372 | 50% | ||
| Lance Bennett | IP | 908 | 4% | ||
| 23B | John Dorn (i) |
DFL | 11,721 | 56% | |
| Louise Dickmeyer | GOP | 9,095 | 44% | ||
| 24A | Bob Gunther (i) |
GOP | 11,466 | 63% | |
| John Gibeau | DFL | Profile | 6,765 | 37% | |
| 24B | Terry Clodfelter | DFL | 8,172 | 40% | |
| Tony Cornish (i) |
GOP | 12,416 | 60% | ||
| 25A KEY RACE Republican Brod won with 46% of the vote. |
Laura Brod (i) |
GOP | 12,483 | 61% | |
| Bruce Bjork | DFL | 7,879 | 39% | ||
| 25B KEY RACE Already proving to be a close and contentious race. Cox won by 46 votes in 2002. |
David Bly | DFL | Profile | 10,847 | 49% |
| Ray Cox (i) |
GOP | Profile | 11,433 | 51% | |
| 26A | Kathleen Muellerleile | DFL | 8,797 | 45% | |
| Connie Ruth (i) |
GOP | 10,583 | 55% | ||
| 26B | Michael Corbin | IP | Profile | 795 | 5% |
| Lynda Boudreau (i) | GOP | Profile | 8,287 | 46.7% | |
| Patti Fritz |
DFL | 8,634 | 48.7% | ||
| 27A | Dan Dorman (i) |
GOP | 11,014 | 56% | |
| Jerald Kaphers | DFL | 7,343 | 37% | ||
| Keith Porter Sr. | IP | 1,325 | 7% | ||
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe |
DFL | 9,776 | 52% | |
| Jeff Anderson (i) | GOP | 9,162 | 48% | ||
| 28A | Sandy Wollschlager | DFL | 9,380 | 46% | |
| Jerry Dempsey (i) |
GOP | 10,821 | 54% | ||
| 28B | Scott Metcalf | DFL | 7,137 | 35% | |
| Steve Sviggum (i) |
GOP | 12,986 | 65% | ||
| 29A | Randy Demmer (i) |
GOP | 13,311 | 60% | |
| Spencer Stevens | DFL | 8,772 | 40% | ||
| 29B | Fran Bradley (i) |
GOP | 9,664 | 51% | |
| Kim Norton | DFL | 9,353 | 49% | ||
| 30A | Tina Liebling |
DFL | Profile | 8,712 | 51% |
| Carla Nelson (i) | GOP | 8,435 | 49% | ||
| 30B | Bill Kuisle (i) | GOP | 10,720 | 49% | |
| Andy Welti |
DFL | Profile | 11,293 | 51% | |
| 31A | Nick Ridge | GOP | 6,407 | 34% | |
| Gene Pelowski (i) |
DFL | 12,478 | 66% | ||
| 31B KEY RACE Davids' in-laws tire burning plant proposal is issue in this race. |
Gregory Davids (i) |
GOP | 10,349 | 52% | |
| Peggy Hanson | DFL | 9,435 | 48% | ||
| 32A KEY RACE Lindner running as Independent after Peppin gets GOP endorsement |
Carroll Holmstrom | DFL | 7,117 | 27% | |
| Arlon Lindner (i) | IP | 5,114 | 19% | ||
| Joyce Peppin |
GOP | 14,276 | 54% | ||
| 32B | John Olson | DFL | 8,280 | 40% | |
| Terry Brennan | IP | 1,351 | 7% | ||
| Kurt Zellers (i) |
GOP | 10,892 | 53% | ||
| 33A | John Muenich | DFL | Profile | 7,970 | 36% |
| Steve Smith (i) |
GOP | 14,312 | 64% | ||
| 33B | Carol Eastlund | DFL | 8,600 | 38% | |
| Barb Sykora (i) |
GOP | 14,086 | 62% | ||
| 34A | Paul Kohls (i) |
GOP | 16,022 | 69% | |
| Dick Stoltz | 7,232 | 31% | |||
| 34B | Joe Hoppe (i) |
GOP | 12,450 | 60% | |
| Sue Sperling | DFL | 8,259 | 40% | ||
| 35A | Mike Beard (i) |
GOP | 14,565 | 59% | |
| John Sheehan | DFL | 9,991 | 41% | ||
| 35B | Mark Buesgens (i) |
GOP | 14,167 | 63% | |
| Ashley Sierra | DFL | 8,197 | 37% | ||
| 36A | Mary Liz Holberg (i) |
GOP | 13,205 | 62% | |
| Mark Solomon | DFL | 8,202 | 38% | ||
| 36B | Benjamin Coler | DFL | 8,718 | 38% | |
| Pat Garofalo |
GOP | 14,513 | 62% | ||
| 37A | Shelley Madore | DFL | Profile | 10,505 | 49% |
| Lloyd Cybart |