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1968Final results

1968 election for Minnesota House District 49B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Robert Bell (Oth) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Jerry Jenkins (Oth) by 28.3 points.

Robert BellOther party · winner · incumbent
64.2%8,368
Jerry JenkinsOther party
35.8%4,676
13,044 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

EvenR+21.71978R+21.91980D+42.11982D+35.11984D+48.81986D+22.61988

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