Minnesota State House District 38B
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Samantha Vang Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Robert MarvinRepublicanSamantha VangDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
Robert Marvin 25.4Samantha Vang 74.3
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Samantha Vang (Democratic) won by 48.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: MarvinRight column: Vang
- Races
- Won 0 of 2
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Samantha VangIncumbentDemocratic
- Robert MarvinRepublican
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
- 14,919
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSamantha VangWon Democratic 11,07874.3% RepublicanRobert Marvin Republican 3,79325.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 480.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,660
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSamantha VangWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,75372.7% RepublicanRobert Marvin Republican 2,89227.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,744
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmi WazlawikWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,90650.1% RepublicanElliott Engen Republican 13,80649.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 320.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,779
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAmi WazlawikWon Democratic 11,57350.8% RepublicanPatti Anderson Republican 11,18749.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 190.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,365
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DeanWon(incumbent) Republican 13,87456.9% DemocraticAmi Wazlawik Democratic 10,46543.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 260.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,994
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DeanWon(incumbent) Republican 9,52956.1% DemocraticGreg M. Pariseau Democratic 7,44443.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,660
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DeanWon(incumbent) Republican 12,37452.3% DemocraticGreg M. Pariseau Democratic 11,24847.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 380.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,016
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug WardlowWon Republican 8,32352.0% DemocraticMike Obermueller(incumbent) Democratic 7,68048.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 130.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,905
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike ObermuellerWon Democratic 10,71251.2% RepublicanLynn Wardlow(incumbent) Republican 10,19348.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,401
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLynn WardlowWon(incumbent) Republican 8,28250.5% DemocraticMichael Obermueller Democratic 8,11949.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,409
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLynn WardlowWon(incumbent) Republican 10,96853.7% DemocraticJim Carlson Democratic 9,44146.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,894
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLynn WardlowWon Republican 8,89452.6% DemocraticWayne E. Gilbert Democratic 5,68733.7% IndependentPaul Bakken Independent 1,98911.8% GreenLance Staricha Green 3241.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,018
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim PawlentyWon(incumbent) Republican 13,77965.6% DemocraticGary P. Moore Democratic 7,23934.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,886
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim PawlentyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,19868.2% DemocraticLeo I. Brisbois Democratic 5,68831.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,747
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim PawlentyWon(incumbent) Republican 14,747100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,172
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim PawlentyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,172100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,383
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim PawlentyWon Republican 9,61052.3% DemocraticLinda Rother Democratic 8,77347.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,498
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanArt SeabergWon(incumbent) Republican 13,13558.4% DemocraticLarry Lamb Democratic 9,36341.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,639
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanArt SeabergWon(incumbent) Republican 14,72757.4% DemocraticRosemarie Manney Democratic 10,91242.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,274
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanArt SeabergWon(incumbent) Republican 6,94961.6% DemocraticTed Dreyer Democratic 4,32538.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,205
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanArt SeabergWon(incumbent) Republican 11,05964.3% DemocraticTed Dreyer Democratic 6,14635.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,547
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanArt SeabergWon Republican 7,17653.0% DemocraticBea Blomquist Democratic 6,37147.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,561
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PetersonWon(incumbent) Republican 7,63060.7% DemocraticJames Logan Democratic 4,93139.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,921
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PetersonWon Republican 5,33853.8% DemocraticLyle Abein(incumbent) Democratic 4,58346.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,891
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLyle AbeinWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,25356.3% RepublicanJames H. Sorenson Republican 5,63843.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,530
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLyle AbeinWon Democratic 3,90751.9% RepublicanJoseph Graw(incumbent) Republican 3,62348.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,781
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 38B, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanJoseph GrawWon(incumbent) Other 6,80163.1% NonpartisanKati Sasseville Other 3,98036.9%
- 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:38b
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026