Minnesota State House District 17A
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Dawn Gillman Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Mali AndersonDemocraticDawn GillmanRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Dawn Gillman (R) 71.0, Chad Tschimperle (D) 28.9
- Last election
- Dawn Gillman (Republican) won by 42.1 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: AndersonRight column: Gillman
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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- Mali AndersonDemocratic
- Dawn GillmanIncumbentRepublican
Source: electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Minnesota
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 24,007
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDawn GillmanWon Republican 17,05371.0% DemocraticChad Tschimperle Democratic 6,93028.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 240.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,119
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDawn GillmanWon Republican 13,43170.3% DemocraticJennifer Carpentier Democratic 5,65929.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 290.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,640
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 13,27264.3% DemocraticBen Dolan Democratic 6,35730.8% OtherEd Engelmann Other 1,0074.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,724
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,06960.2% DemocraticLyle Koenen Democratic 6,64539.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 100.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,663
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,60359.0% DemocraticAndrew Falk Democratic 8,04540.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,267
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MillerWon Republican 8,45355.4% DemocraticAndrew Falk(incumbent) Democratic 6,78944.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 250.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,473
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew FalkWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,48953.9% RepublicanTim Miller Republican 8,95646.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 280.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,560
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKurt DaudtWon Republican 9,84056.0% DemocraticJim Godfrey Democratic 7,04440.1% OtherPaul Bergley Other 6573.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 190.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,379
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob EastlundWon(incumbent) Republican 12,44853.2% DemocraticJim Godfrey Democratic 10,21243.7% IndependentDaniel R. Sweeney Independent 7193.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,473
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob EastlundWon(incumbent) Republican 8,83450.6% DemocraticMelissa Jabas Democratic 8,63949.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,264
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob EastlundWon(incumbent) Republican 11,80453.0% DemocraticPat Sundberg Democratic 10,46047.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,766
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob EastlundWon(incumbent) Republican 8,92753.2% DemocraticPat Sundberg Democratic 7,83946.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,168
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSondra EricksonWon(incumbent) Republican 9,96058.0% DemocraticScott C. Coffman Democratic 5,95134.7% OtherArlo M. Christianson Other 1,2577.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,772
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSondra EricksonWon Republican 8,49553.9% DemocraticRobert Hoefert Democratic 7,27746.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,055
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeroy KoppendrayerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,24061.4% DemocraticRoy Carlson Democratic 5,81538.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,969
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeroy KoppendrayerWon(incumbent) Republican 8,91568.7% DemocraticPat Nelson Democratic 4,05431.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,648
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeroy KoppendrayerWon(incumbent) Republican 8,24452.7% DemocraticJoel W. Kennedy Democratic 7,40447.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,452
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon(incumbent) Republican 6,85655.1% DemocraticCarol Lewis Democratic 5,59644.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,669
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon(incumbent) Republican 8,54262.5% DemocraticCharlotte Fisher Democratic 5,12737.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,355
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon(incumbent) Republican 5,88562.9% DemocraticRobert Feigh Democratic 3,47037.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,119
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon(incumbent) Republican 8,11557.5% DemocraticHarry Burns Democratic 6,00442.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,163
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon(incumbent) Republican 7,10958.5% DemocraticSonja Berg Democratic 5,05441.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,000
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarcus MarshWon Republican 7,51957.8% DemocraticJohn Spartz Democratic 5,48142.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,338
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl PattonWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,49553.1% RepublicanJohn T. Kosloske Republican 4,84346.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,641
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl PattonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,03463.6% RepublicanCharlotte Henningsgaard Republican 4,60736.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,788
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl PattonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,96245.1% RepublicanJohn Weyland Republican 3,30837.6% IndependentJohn T. Kosloske Independent 1,51817.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,618
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanAl PattonWon Other 6,33254.5% NonpartisanKay Strommen Other 5,28645.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,710
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanAubrey DirlamWon(incumbent) Other 4,83455.5% NonpartisanRobert Starr Other 3,87644.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,698
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 17A, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanAubrey DirlamWon(incumbent) Other 5,36555.3% NonpartisanHarlan Otto Other 4,33344.7%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Minnesota State House District 17A, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/17a. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:mn/sldl:17a
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026