1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Control · 135 seats
After the electionD 0 · R 0
Races120
Changed party0
Unopposed16%19 races
Incumbents defeated16
Every district
Other 135
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1A | Neil Haugerud (OTH) | 21.5 | |
| HD-1B | Leonard C. Myrah (OTH) | 16.4 | |
| HD-2A | M. J. McCauley (OTH) | 17.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-2B | Charles H. Miller (OTH) | 22.7 | |
| HD-3A | John S. Biersdorf (OTH) | 9.7 | |
| HD-3B | Bertram Fuller (OTH) | 10.3 | |
| HD-4 | Alfred Schumann · E. W. Quirin (OTH) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5A | Helen McMillan (OTH) | 52.3 | |
| HD-5B | Harvey Sathre (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6A | Harry Sieben Jr. (OTH) | 18.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-6B | Victor Schulz (OTH) | 7.4 | |
| HD-7A | Warren Chamberlain (OTH) | 39.0 | |
| HD-7B | Robert Culhane (OTH) | 22.5 | |
| HD-8 | Howard Albertson · Richard Odea (OTH) | 1.2 | |
| HD-9A | Henry Savelkoul (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9B | Rod Searle (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10A | Dale E. Erdahl (OTH) | 7.0 | |
| HD-10B | Paul Gerhardt (OTH) | 1.9 | |
| HD-11A | C. A. Johnson (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11B | Richard Wigley (OTH) | 11.6 | |
| HD-12A | Raymond Pavlak (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12B | Howard Knutson (OTH) | 21.9 | |
| HD-13A | John Wingard (OTH) | 21.3 | |
| HD-13B | Steven B. Szarke (OTH) | 2.4 | |
| HD-14A | Ralph Jopp (OTH) | 7.2 | |
| HD-14B | Richard J. Menke (OTH) | 7.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15A | John Bernhagen (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15B | August Mueller (OTH) | 29.2 | |
| HD-15C | Carl Johnson (OTH) | 54.5 | |
| HD-16A | Thomas Simmons (OTH) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-16B | Adolph Kvam (OTH) | 0.7 | |
| HD-17A | Aubrey Dirlam (OTH) | 11.0 | |
| HD-17B | Anthony J. Eckstein (OTH) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-18A | George Mann (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18B | Tom Hagedorn (OTH) | 3.9 | |
| HD-19A | Francis Judge (OTH) | 9.7 | |
| HD-19B | Wendell Erickson (OTH) | 13.7 | |
| HD-20A | Verne Long (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20B | W. Casper Fischer (OTH) | 7.9 | |
| HD-21A | Charles Weaver (OTH) | 29.7 | |
| HD-21B | Robert Becklin (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22A | Eugene Smith (OTH) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-22B | Harry Peterson (OTH) | 40.3 | |
| HD-23A | William D. Shores (OTH) | 19.6 | |
| HD-23B | Wallace Gustafson (OTH) | 9.5 | |
| HD-24A | Delbert Anderson (OTH) | 30.9 | |
| HD-24B | Sam Barr (OTH) | 22.9 | |
| HD-25A | Doug Carlson (OTH) | 11.3 | |
| HD-25B | Robert Dunn (OTH) | 48.2 | |
| HD-26A | Bernard J. Brinkman (OTH) | 8.0 | |
| HD-26B | Joe Niehaus (OTH) | 14.3 | |
| HD-27A | Thomas Ticen (OTH) | 6.6 | |
| HD-27B | Joseph Graw (OTH) | 27.2 | |
| HD-28A | Ernest Lindstrom (OTH) | 45.7 | |
| HD-28B | James Swanson (OTH) | 2.4 | |
| HD-29A | Otto Bang (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29B | John Keefe (OTH) | 55.8 | |
| HD-30A | Julian Hook (OTH) | 10.2 | |
| HD-30B | Paul Petrafeso (OTH) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-31A | Donald Forseth (OTH) | 10.7 | |
| HD-31B | Rolf Nelson (OTH) | 15.4 | |
| HD-32A | Roger Scherer (OTH) | 10.2 | |
| HD-32B | Spencer J. Sokolowski (OTH) | 12.9 | |
| HD-33A | O. J. Heinitz (OTH) | 20.7 | |
| HD-33B | Salisbury Adams (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 | Stanley A. Enebo · Ray Wolcott (OTH) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 | Gary Flakne · Lyall A. Schwartzkopf (OTH) | 9.7 | |
| HD-36 | Arne Carlson · F. Gordon Wright (OTH) | 3.2 | |
| HD-37 | John W. Johnson · Harold J. Anderson (OTH) | 8.0 | |
| HD-38 | Tom Berg · George Humphrey (OTH) | 3.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-39 | James Rice · John Salchert (OTH) | 13.1 | |
| HD-40 | Stanley Fudro · Patrick M. Daugherty (OTH) | 19.1 | |
| HD-41 | John Skeate · Edward Brandt (OTH) | 4.7 | |
| HD-42 | Martin Sabo · James Adams (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43A | Robert Pavlak (OTH) | 24.3 | |
| HD-43B | Vern Sommerdorf (OTH) | 35.3 | |
| HD-44A | Bruce Vento (OTH) | 1.5 | |
| HD-44B | Tony Bennett (OTH) | 4.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-45A | Joseph Prifrel (OTH) | 28.5 | |
| HD-45B | Donald Moe (OTH) | 20.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-46A | Fred Norton (OTH) | 27.1 | |
| HD-46B | Roy Ryan (OTH) | 21.8 | |
| HD-47A | Robert Johnson (OTH) | 5.2 | |
| HD-47B | Walter Hanson (OTH) | 1.9 | |
| HD-48A | Robert North (OTH) | 7.3 | |
| HD-48B | Ray W. Faricy (OTH) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-49A | Richard Andersen (OTH) | 19.4 | |
| HD-49B | Robert Bell (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50A | John Boland (OTH) | 5.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-50B | Tom Newcome (OTH) | 29.3 | |
| HD-51A | Jack Kleinbaum (OTH) | 45.5 | |
| HD-51B | John Bares (OTH) | 8.0 | |
| HD-52A | Howard Smith (OTH) | 20.7 | |
| HD-52B | Bernard Carlson (OTH) | 11.8 | |
| HD-53A | Richard M. Nolan (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53B | Don Samuelson (OTH) | 41.6 | |
| HD-54A | Jon Haaven (OTH) | 42.2 | |
| HD-54B | Joe Graba (OTH) | 22.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-55 | Roger Hanson · Cal Larson (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56A | D. H. Sillers (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56B | Arlan Stangeland (OTH) | 22.4 | |
| HD-57A | Joe Conners (OTH) | 21.0 | |
| HD-57B | Vernon Plaisance (OTH) | 4.3 | |
| HD-58A | Bill Walker (OTH) | 0.1 | |
| HD-58B | Norman Prahl (OTH) | 0.6 | |
| HD-59A | Dwight Swanstrom (OTH) | 12.6 | |
| HD-59B | Willard Munger (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 | Jack H. Lavoy · Sam Solon (OTH) | 5.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-61A | James Ulland (OTH) | 18.1 | |
| HD-61B | Sidney R. Mason (OTH) | 23.8 | |
| HD-62 | William R. Ojala · Peter X. Fugina (OTH) | 10.5 | |
| HD-63 | Douglas Johnson · Jack Fena (OTH) | 2.9 | |
| HD-64A | Robert Falk (OTH) | 34.3 | |
| HD-64B | Irvin Anderson (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65A | Frank Degroat (OTH) | 20.2 | |
| HD-65B | L. J. Lee (OTH) | 14.8 | |
| HD-66A | Willis Eken (OTH) | 5.6 | |
| HD-66B | William Kelly (OTH) | 2.2 | |
| HD-67A | Richard Fitzsimons (OTH) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67B | Andrew Skaar (OTH) | 23.2 |
Minnesota House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner