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1968Final results

1968 election for Minnesota House District 23B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wallace Gustafson (Oth) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Royce Ruud (Oth) by 19.4 points.

Wallace GustafsonOther party · winner · incumbent
59.7%6,726
Royce RuudOther party
40.3%4,545
11,271 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenD+30.61980R+4.71982R+10.41984R+20.31986D+2.01988D+3.31990

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET