1970Final results
1970 election for Minnesota House District 50B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tom Newcome (Oth) won with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Howard Paynter (Oth) by 29.3 points.
Tom NewcomeOther party · winner · incumbent
64.6%7,323
Howard PaynterOther party
35.4%4,008
11,331 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