Minnesota State House District 9A
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jeff Backer Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Jeff BackerRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winNicholas HansonDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Jeff Backer (R) 68.8, Michael Ziomko (D) 31.1
- Last election
- Jeff Backer (Republican) won by 37.7 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BackerRight column: Hanson
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Nicholas HansonDemocratic
- Jeff BackerIncumbentRepublican
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
- 22,670
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff BackerWon Republican 15,58768.8% DemocraticMichael Ziomko Democratic 7,04231.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 410.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,474
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff BackerWon(incumbent) Republican 12,24866.3% DemocraticNancy Jost Democratic 6,17233.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 540.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,196
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. PostonWon(incumbent) Republican 16,41474.0% DemocraticAlex Hering Democratic 5,75225.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 300.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,406
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. PostonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,37669.3% DemocraticAlex Hering Democratic 5,02130.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 90.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,413
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. PostonWon Republican 13,30468.5% DemocraticMeg Litts Democratic 6,07831.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 310.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,613
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark AndersonWon(incumbent) Republican 9,33663.9% DemocraticDan Bye Democratic 5,26336.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 140.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,927
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark AndersonWon Republican 10,97258.0% DemocraticDon Niles Democratic 7,92241.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 330.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,450
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMorrie LanningWon(incumbent) Republican 8,08160.1% DemocraticGreg Lemke Democratic 5,35639.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 130.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,803
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMorrie LanningWon(incumbent) Republican 11,73959.3% DemocraticMark Olaf Altenburg Democratic 8,06440.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,259
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMorrie LanningWon(incumbent) Republican 7,83859.1% DemocraticDiane Wray Williams Democratic 5,42140.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,810
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMorrie LanningWon(incumbent) Republican 10,38455.2% DemocraticLauri Winterfeldtshanks Democratic 7,89942.0% GreenWade Hannon Green 5272.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,032
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMorrie LanningWon Republican 8,41960.0% DemocraticLarry Anderson Democratic 5,12536.5% GreenWade Hannon Green 4883.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,815
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon(incumbent) Republican 9,89071.6% DemocraticRick Stotts Democratic 3,92528.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,575
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon(incumbent) Republican 8,27478.2% DemocraticDudley C. Wells Democratic 2,30121.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,825
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon(incumbent) Republican 9,75376.0% DemocraticTerry Kroke Democratic 3,07223.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,450
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon(incumbent) Republican 7,75482.0% DemocraticLarry Nicholson Democratic 1,69617.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,807
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon(incumbent) Republican 9,14661.8% DemocraticDiane Williams Democratic 5,66138.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,234
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin GoodnoWon Republican 5,39452.7% DemocraticDiane Williams(incumbent) Democratic 4,84047.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,303
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDiane WilliamsWon Democratic 6,74950.7% RepublicanJoel Carlson Republican 6,55449.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,494
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth KludtWon Democratic 4,45752.5% RepublicanJoel Carlson(incumbent) Republican 4,03747.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,490
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel CarlsonWon Republican 5,52352.6% DemocraticWilliam Jones Democratic 4,96747.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,358
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDwaine HobergWon(incumbent) Republican 5,96257.6% DemocraticPaul Erickson Democratic 4,39642.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,967
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDwaine HobergWon(incumbent) Republican 6,79556.8% DemocraticPaul T. Haugtvedt Democratic 5,17243.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,606
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDwaine HobergWon Republican 4,31650.1% DemocraticDavid Beauchamp(incumbent) Democratic 4,29049.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,537
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid BeauchampWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,08952.8% RepublicanGregg Mitchell Republican 5,44847.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,448
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid BeauchampWon Democratic 3,59955.8% RepublicanNeil Wohlwend(incumbent) Republican 2,84944.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,005
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanNeil WohlwendWon Other 5,72752.0% NonpartisanBob Aronson Other 5,27848.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,884
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanHenry SavelkoulWon(incumbent) Other 6,884100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,210
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share NonpartisanHenry SavelkoulWon Other 5,92452.9% NonpartisanBernard Jackson Other 5,28647.1%
- 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
- 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 9A, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mn/house/9a. 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:9a
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026