Minnesota State House District 38A
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Huldah Hiltsley Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Huldah HiltsleyDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first winCharlie KistlerRepublican
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Huldah Hiltsley (D) 64.8, Brad Olson (R) 34.9
- Last election
- Huldah Hiltsley (Democratic) won by 29.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: HiltsleyRight column: Kistler
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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- Huldah HiltsleyIncumbentDemocratic
- Charlie KistlerRepublican
Source: electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Minnesota
History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 15,482
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHuldah HiltsleyWon Democratic 10,03064.8% RepublicanBrad Olson Republican 5,41034.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 420.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,627
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael NelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,25295.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 3754.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,824
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald RaleighWon Republican 13,84353.6% DemocraticKris Fredrick Democratic 11,96046.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,625
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLinda RunbeckWon(incumbent) Republican 11,37155.1% DemocraticKevin Fogarty Democratic 9,22944.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 250.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,938
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLinda RunbeckWon(incumbent) Republican 13,47161.4% DemocraticKevin Fogarty Democratic 8,44838.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 190.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,814
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLinda RunbeckWon(incumbent) Republican 9,21362.2% DemocraticPat Davern Democratic 5,58637.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,030
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLinda RunbeckWon(incumbent) Republican 12,19758.0% DemocraticPatrick Davern Democratic 8,80241.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 310.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,461
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDiane AndersonWon Republican 7,60652.6% DemocraticSandra A. Masin(incumbent) Democratic 6,82947.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 260.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,308
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSandra A. MasinWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,66752.5% RepublicanDiane Anderson Republican 9,64147.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,145
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSandra A. MasinWon Democratic 7,60150.2% RepublicanTim Wilkin(incumbent) Republican 7,54449.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,796
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim WilkinWon(incumbent) Republican 10,37252.4% DemocraticChristine Harbron Democratic 8,89144.9% GreenJames Hammes Green 5332.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,074
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim WilkinWon(incumbent) Republican 8,65753.9% DemocraticMeg Tilley Democratic 5,99837.3% IndependentArt Seaberg Independent 1,4198.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,924
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim WilkinWon(incumbent) Republican 10,81754.3% DemocraticTom Weisbecker Democratic 9,10745.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,686
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim WilkinWon Republican 9,93156.1% DemocraticSandra A. Masin Democratic 7,75543.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,879
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim CommersWon(incumbent) Republican 9,98955.9% DemocraticDick Bonin Democratic 7,89044.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,291
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim CommersWon(incumbent) Republican 8,84461.9% DemocraticF. Shirley Grant Democratic 5,44738.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,177
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim CommersWon Republican 9,60352.8% DemocraticAl Bachel Jr. Democratic 8,57447.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,849
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanConnie MorrisonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,78670.0% DemocraticKathy Nelson Democratic 5,06330.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,026
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanConnie MorrisonWon(incumbent) Republican 14,05673.9% DemocraticGary Dukes Democratic 4,97026.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,666
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanConnie MorrisonWon Republican 6,48974.9% DemocraticGary Dukes Democratic 2,17725.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,970
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles C. HalbergWon(incumbent) Republican 9,63769.0% DemocraticBarara J. Bleichner Democratic 4,33331.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,650
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles C. HalbergWon(incumbent) Republican 7,86867.5% DemocraticVictoria P. Oshiro Democratic 3,78232.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,665
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathleen BlatzWon(incumbent) Republican 6,60856.6% DemocraticBruce Williamson Democratic 5,05743.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,916
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathleen BlatzWon Republican 5,19058.2% DemocraticBruce Williamson(incumbent) Democratic 3,72641.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,941
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce WilliamsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,02758.9% RepublicanRobert E. Lindgren Republican 4,91441.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,820
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce WilliamsonWon Democratic 3,44350.5% RepublicanDave Cleary(incumbent) Republican 3,37749.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,564
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38A, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanDave ClearyWon Other 7,06866.9% NonpartisanBruce Williamson Other 3,49633.1%
- 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
- 1972 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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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:38a
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026