Minnesota State House District 30B
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Paul Novotny Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
Keenan GentryDemocraticChad WestbergRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Paul Novotny (R) 65.9, Paul Bolin (D) 34.0
- Last election
- Paul Novotny (Republican) won by 31.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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The current holder, Paul Novotny, is not on the candidate list.
- Keenan GentryDemocratic
- Chad WestbergRepublican
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
- 25,922
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul NovotnyWon Republican 17,07565.9% DemocraticPaul Bolin Democratic 8,82534.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 220.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,623
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul NovotnyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,86665.6% DemocraticChad Hobot Democratic 6,75134.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,920
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEric LuceroWon(incumbent) Republican 17,74565.9% DemocraticBrad Kovach Democratic 9,13233.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 430.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,943
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEric LuceroWon(incumbent) Republican 11,96263.1% DemocraticMargaret Fernandez Democratic 6,97036.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,450
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEric LuceroWon(incumbent) Republican 15,05070.2% DemocraticMargaret Fernandez Democratic 6,37129.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 290.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,291
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEric LuceroWon Republican 9,00567.8% DemocraticSharon G. Shimek Democratic 4,25632.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 300.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,440
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid FitzsimmonsWon Republican 12,02261.8% DemocraticSharon G. Shimek Democratic 7,38638.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 320.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,511
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike BensonWon Republican 9,69252.4% DemocraticAndy Welti(incumbent) Democratic 8,80247.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,241
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndy WeltiWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,47855.6% RepublicanBill Kuisle Republican 10,76344.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,562
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndy WeltiWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,63451.9% RepublicanWilliam Kuisle Republican 8,92848.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,012
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndy WeltiWon Democratic 11,29251.3% RepublicanWilliam Kuisle(incumbent) Republican 10,72048.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,812
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWilliam KuisleWon(incumbent) Republican 11,21370.9% DemocraticEric Starnes Democratic 4,59929.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,067
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 7,29051.8% DemocraticMark Frederickson Democratic 6,77748.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,763
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 7,15666.5% DemocraticGaylon M. Carmack Democratic 3,60733.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,019
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 9,31377.5% OtherTom Viken Other 2,70622.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,106
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 7,43473.6% DemocraticMike Podulke Democratic 2,67226.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,802
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 11,802100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,693
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDick AndersonWon Republican 6,25853.5% DemocraticLance Peterson Democratic 5,43546.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,377
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeff ConwayWon Democratic 6,87851.4% RepublicanDale Deraad Republican 6,49948.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,544
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry SchoenfeldWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,91665.6% RepublicanHarlen Buck Republican 3,62834.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,450
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry SchoenfeldWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,77660.7% RepublicanBertram Fuller Republican 5,67439.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,368
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry SchoenfeldWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,83258.6% RepublicanTom Kehoe Republican 5,53641.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,769
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry SchoenfeldWon Democratic 7,93853.8% RepublicanArmin Tesch Republican 6,83146.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,336
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRod SearleWon(incumbent) Republican 6,54853.1% DemocraticJerry Schoenfeld Democratic 5,78846.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,592
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRod SearleWon(incumbent) Republican 8,34357.2% DemocraticCharles M. Berg Democratic 6,24942.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,407
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRod SearleWon(incumbent) Republican 7,38899.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 190.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,524
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRod SearleWon(incumbent) Other 11,524100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,341
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanPaul PetrafesoWon Other 4,79951.4% NonpartisanRobert McFarlin(incumbent) Other 4,54248.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,072
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 30B, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRobert McFarlinWon(incumbent) Other 7,15064.6% NonpartisanK. B. Anderson Other 3,92235.4%
- 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 30B, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/30b. 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:30b
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026