Minnesota State House District 61B
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jamie Long Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Jamie LongDemocratic · Incumbent8 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Jamie Long (Democratic) won by 78.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Jamie LongIncumbentDemocratic
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
- 26,786
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJamie LongWon Democratic 23,86489.1% RepublicanBob "Again" Carney Jr. Republican 2,86110.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 610.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,266
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJamie LongWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,03098.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2361.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,138
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJamie LongWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,78984.0% RepublicanLisa Pohlman Republican 4,32915.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,833
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJamie LongWon Democratic 21,28985.7% RepublicanScot D. Missling Republican 3,48714.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 570.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,227
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul ThissenWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,28280.4% RepublicanTom Gallagher Republican 4,88519.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 600.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,212
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul ThissenWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,74080.9% RepublicanTom Gallagher Republican 3,44518.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 270.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,264
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul ThissenWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,74881.4% RepublicanNate Atkins Republican 4,44818.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 680.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,893
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeff HaydenWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,72188.2% RepublicanMichael J. Sullivan Republican 1,14211.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 300.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,574
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeff HaydenWon Democratic 8,79560.4% GreenFarheen Hakeem Green 4,42330.4% RepublicanKirsten Lindberg Republican 1,3569.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,079
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNeva WalkerWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,04589.7% RepublicanE. Scott Henry Republican 1,03410.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,654
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNeva WalkerWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,89687.1% RepublicanAndy Lindberg Republican 1,75812.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,663
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNeva WalkerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,51279.8% RepublicanAndy Lindberg Republican 1,30612.3% IndependentRobert W. Anderson Independent 8457.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,582
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNeva WalkerWon Democratic 8,44779.8% RepublicanAndy Lindberg Republican 1,18011.2% OtherRobert W. Anderson Other 9559.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,035
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda WejcmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,96674.3% RepublicanAndy Lindberg Republican 1,14914.3% OtherDenise Harmon Other 92011.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,746
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda WejcmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,13683.5% RepublicanThomas Ross Republican 1,61016.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,861
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda WejcmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,63582.1% RepublicanBob Laguban Republican 1,22617.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,554
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda WejcmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,80983.5% RepublicanTina Gilbert Republican 1,74516.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,009
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,36874.0% RepublicanNels Christensen Republican 3,64126.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,262
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,10174.4% RepublicanNels Christensen Republican 4,16125.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,929
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,41474.7% RepublicanNels Christensen Republican 2,51525.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,801
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,42872.3% RepublicanNels Christensen Republican 4,37327.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,763
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,30574.9% RepublicanNels Christensen Republican 3,45825.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,380
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon Democratic 7,80658.3% RepublicanJim Norman(incumbent) Republican 5,57441.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,049
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim NormanWon Republican 5,78152.3% DemocraticWesley Skoglund(incumbent) Democratic 5,26847.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,561
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,76764.7% RepublicanJim Norman Republican 4,79435.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,243
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley SkoglundWon Democratic 5,85057.1% RepublicanCharles Stenvig Republican 4,39342.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,510
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanRay WolcottWon(incumbent) Other 7,77857.6% NonpartisanJohn P. Foster Other 5,73242.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,056
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanSidney R. MasonWon Other 5,60661.9% NonpartisanGenie Dixon Other 3,45038.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,300
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanAlfred FranceWon(incumbent) Other 8,300100.0%
- 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 61B, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/61b. Retrieved October 31, 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:61b
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026