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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota House District 53B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Don Samuelson (Oth) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating Felix Janacek (Oth) by 41.6 points.

Don SamuelsonOther party · winner · incumbent
70.8%7,312
Felix JanacekOther party
29.2%3,018
10,330 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

EvenR+14.01978R+22.01980R+9.51982R+2.91984R+12.91986R+22.51988

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