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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota House District 31B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Rolf Nelson (Oth) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Eugene H. Sander (Oth) by 15.4 points.

Rolf NelsonOther party · winner · incumbent
57.7%6,926
Eugene H. SanderOther party
42.3%5,075
12,001 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

EvenD+19.11984D+35.21986D+26.91988R+21.41996R+20.41998R+18.92000

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