Minnesota State House District 24A
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Duane Quam Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Heather HolmesDemocraticDuane QuamRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
Heather Holmes 36.5Duane Quam 63.4
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Duane Quam (Republican) won by 26.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: HolmesRight column: Quam
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Heather HolmesDemocratic
- Duane QuamIncumbentRepublican
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
- 24,703
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDuane QuamWon Republican 15,66163.4% DemocraticHeather Holmes Democratic 9,01936.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 230.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,781
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDuane QuamWon(incumbent) Republican 12,01564.0% DemocraticKeith McLain Democratic 6,75836.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,366
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PetersburgWon(incumbent) Republican 13,06661.1% DemocraticTom Shea Democratic 8,28138.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 190.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,826
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PetersburgWon(incumbent) Republican 10,19760.6% DemocraticJoe Heegard Democratic 6,61639.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 130.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,616
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PetersburgWon(incumbent) Republican 11,15656.9% DemocraticBev Cashman Democratic 8,43943.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,158
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PetersburgWon(incumbent) Republican 7,20254.7% DemocraticBeverly Cashman Democratic 5,94945.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,983
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PetersburgWon Republican 9,90652.2% DemocraticCraig A. Brenden Democratic 9,03647.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 410.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,243
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob GuntherWon(incumbent) Republican 8,99463.1% DemocraticSteven C. Fausch Democratic 5,24236.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,449
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob GuntherWon(incumbent) Republican 10,75261.6% DemocraticDale Hansen Democratic 6,69738.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,912
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert GuntherWon(incumbent) Republican 9,90566.4% DemocraticNorma Schmitt Democratic 5,00733.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,243
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob GuntherWon(incumbent) Republican 11,46862.9% DemocraticJohn D. Gibeau Democratic 6,77537.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,804
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob GuntherWon(incumbent) Republican 11,44672.4% DemocraticLavonne Bowman Democratic 4,35827.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,945
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,59664.2% RepublicanDean Kluge Republican 5,34935.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,265
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,17058.5% RepublicanHarry Petersen Republican 5,09541.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,063
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,01064.1% RepublicanHarry Petersen Republican 5,05335.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,726
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,12757.1% RepublicanJoe Trauger Republican 4,59942.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,320
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,60665.0% RepublicanDorothy Bade Republican 5,71435.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,828
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,21661.0% RepublicanMalda Farnham Republican 4,61239.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,670
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,42250.6% RepublicanMark Piepho Republican 7,24849.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,352
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn DornWon Democratic 5,21250.4% RepublicanMark Piepho(incumbent) Republican 5,14049.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,517
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark PiephoWon(incumbent) Republican 8,82456.9% DemocraticClark P. Johnson Democratic 6,69343.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,196
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark PiephoWon(incumbent) Republican 7,27755.1% DemocraticJohn F. Considine Democratic 5,91944.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,892
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert VanasekWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,75265.5% RepublicanJerry Chmelik Republican 5,14034.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,899
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert VanasekWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,04062.3% RepublicanMarjorie Cox Republican 4,85937.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,880
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert VanasekWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,18161.7% RepublicanEd W. Smisek Republican 5,69938.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,304
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert VanasekWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,72065.2% RepublicanMalcolm Koester Republican 3,58434.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,907
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRobert VanasekWon Other 7,93961.5% NonpartisanHarold P. Paulson Other 4,96838.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,222
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanDelbert AndersonWon(incumbent) Other 6,03665.5% NonpartisanEdward Barsness Other 3,18634.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,112
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanDelbert AndersonWon(incumbent) Other 6,80567.3% NonpartisanEdward Barsness Other 3,30732.7%
- 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 24A, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/24a. 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:24a
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026