1970Final results
1970 election for Minnesota House District 23B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Wallace Gustafson (Oth) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating S. O. Mellom (Oth) by 9.5 points.
Wallace GustafsonOther party · winner · incumbent
54.7%5,340
S. O. MellomOther party
45.3%4,417
9,757 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET