Minnesota State House District 49B
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Wendy CreggRepublicanCarlie Kotyza-WitthuhnDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D) 57.1, Wendi Russo (R) 42.8
- Last election
- Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (Democratic) won by 14.3 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: CreggRight column: Kotyza-Witthuhn
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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- Carlie Kotyza-WitthuhnIncumbentDemocratic
- Wendy CreggRepublican
Source: electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 23,688
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarlie Kotyza-WitthuhnWon Democratic 13,52957.1% RepublicanWendi Russo Republican 10,13842.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,795
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarlie Kotyza-WitthuhnWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,40657.6% RepublicanThomas Knecht Republican 8,37442.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,740
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve ElkinsWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,88362.2% RepublicanJoe Thalman Republican 10,83637.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,744
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve ElkinsWon Democratic 15,26461.7% RepublicanMatt Sikich Republican 9,44638.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 340.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,999
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul RosenthalWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,39955.4% RepublicanMax Rymer Republican 11,54244.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 580.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,263
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul RosenthalWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,17152.8% RepublicanBarb Sutter Republican 9,07547.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,436
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul RosenthalWon Democratic 13,56053.3% RepublicanTerry Jacobson Republican 11,84046.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 360.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,352
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBranden PetersenWon Republican 7,17150.0% DemocraticJerry Newton(incumbent) Democratic 6,76047.1% OtherHarley Swarm Other 4102.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,432
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry NewtonWon Democratic 11,01956.7% RepublicanJake Cimenski Republican 8,41343.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,556
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy TingelstadWon(incumbent) Republican 7,91954.4% DemocraticJeanine Allen Democratic 6,63745.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,345
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy TingelstadWon(incumbent) Republican 10,87356.2% DemocraticLeeann Mortensen Democratic 8,47243.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,926
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy TingelstadWon(incumbent) Republican 9,22257.9% DemocraticBernadette Chlebeck Democratic 6,70442.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,191
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLuanne S. KoskinenWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,28954.6% RepublicanGerry Horn Republican 6,90245.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,741
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLuanne S. KoskinenWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,95450.6% RepublicanColleen Graber Republican 6,78749.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,170
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLuanne S. KoskinenWon Democratic 7,60853.7% RepublicanEldon Warkentin Republican 6,56246.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,292
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,72459.5% RepublicanDoug Hofman Republican 4,56840.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,226
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,00861.7% RepublicanDeb Skogen Republican 6,21838.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,109
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,109100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,752
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,26661.3% RepublicanChris Zeece Republican 6,48638.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,530
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,09074.4% RepublicanDon Hallblade Republican 2,44025.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,418
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,41667.6% RepublicanJean Racutt Republican 5,00232.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,643
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel JacobsWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,98171.0% RepublicanVern Bolte Republican 3,66229.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,896
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. ReifWon(incumbent) Republican 7,25261.0% DemocraticJoel Martin Holstad Democratic 4,64439.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,299
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert W. ReifWon Republican 6,26660.8% DemocraticMaurice McCollar(incumbent) Democratic 4,03339.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,433
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice McCollarWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,80654.7% RepublicanTom Newcome Republican 5,62745.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,333
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaurice McCollarWon Democratic 3,76251.3% RepublicanDelores Knaak Republican 3,56948.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,921
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanTom NewcomeWon(incumbent) Other 6,43658.9% NonpartisanJohn J. Harrigan Other 4,48541.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,085
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRobert BellWon(incumbent) Other 9,085100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,044
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRobert BellWon(incumbent) Other 8,36864.2% NonpartisanJerry Jenkins Other 4,67635.9%
- 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
- 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 49B, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/49b. 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:49b
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026