1970Final results
1970 election for Minnesota House District 43B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Vern Sommerdorf (Oth) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Syfko (Oth) by 35.3 points.
Vern SommerdorfOther party · winner · incumbent
67.6%6,116
Tom SyfkoOther party
32.4%2,925
9,041 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