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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Control · 134 seats

After the electionD 0 · R 0
Races134
Changed party0
Unopposed3%4 races
Incumbents defeated16

Every district

Other 134

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AArt Braun (OTH)2.6
HD-1BAndrew Skaar (OTH)10.4
HD-2AWilliam Kelly (OTH)8.2
HD-2BWillis Eken (OTH)17.2
HD-3AIrvin Anderson (OTH)35.5
HD-3BNorman Prahl (OTH)9.4
HD-4ADoug Saintonge (OTH)19.1
HD-4BGlen Sherwood (OTH)1.5
HD-5APeter X. Fugina (OTH)3.6
HD-5BJohn Spanish (OTH)25.9
HD-6AWilliam R. Ojala (OTH)3.0
HD-6BDouglas Johnson (OTH)15.1
HD-7AWillard Munger (OTH)13.0
HD-7BMike Jaros (OTH)2.4Incumbent lost
HD-8AJack H. Lavoy (OTH)25.6
HD-8BJames Ulland (OTH)41.5
HD-9ANeil Wohlwend (OTH)4.1
HD-9BArlan Stangeland (OTH)7.8
HD-10AFrank Degroat (OTH)16.5
HD-10BJoe Graba (OTH)27.8
HD-11ACal Larson (OTH)24.7
HD-11BDave Fjoslien (OTH)0.0
HD-12AMelvin J. Miller (OTH)0.2
HD-12BStephen Wenzel (OTH)17.0
HD-13ADon Samuelson (OTH)22.3
HD-13BHoward Smith (OTH)52.9
HD-14ADoug Carlson (OTH)25.2
HD-14BBernard Carlson (OTH)5.3
HD-15ADelbert Anderson (OTH)28.6
HD-15BGlen Anderson (OTH)4.5
HD-16AJoe Niehaus (OTH)Unopposed
HD-16BBernard J. Brinkman (OTH)69.3
HD-17AAl Patton (OTH)9.0
HD-17BJames Pehler (OTH)1.2
HD-18ALynn Becklin (OTH)22.8Incumbent lost
HD-18BBob McEachern (OTH)15.9Incumbent lost
HD-19AMichas M. Ohnstad (OTH)12.1
HD-19BCharles Weaver (OTH)18.7
HD-20AHarry Peterson (OTH)1.1Incumbent lost
HD-20BRuss Stanton (OTH)0.4Incumbent lost
HD-21AJohn C. Lindstrom (OTH)6.6Incumbent lost
HD-21BAubrey Dirlam (OTH)8.0
HD-22AAdolph Kvam (OTH)10.5
HD-22BHarold J. Dahl (OTH)16.7
HD-23AAugust Mueller (OTH)22.7
HD-23BCarl Johnson (OTH)4.2
HD-24ARobert Vanasek (OTH)23.0
HD-24BRobert Culhane (OTH)20.5
HD-25AWalter Klaus (OTH)33.9
HD-25BVictor Schulz (OTH)5.8
HD-26AVerne Long (OTH)13.1
HD-26BWendell Erickson (OTH)2.1Incumbent lost
HD-27AGeorge Mann (OTH)12.3
HD-27BTom Hagedorn (OTH)32.5Incumbent lost
HD-28AGilbert Esau (OTH)1.5
HD-28BAnthony J. Eckstein (OTH)26.5
HD-29ADavid R. Cumminskey (OTH)19.1Incumbent lost
HD-29BRichard Wigley (OTH)28.3
HD-30ADale E. Erdahl (OTH)61.2
HD-30BRod Searle (OTH)Unopposed
HD-31AHenry Savelkoul (OTH)3.4
HD-31BHelen McMillan (OTH)6.3
HD-32AJohn S. Biersdorf (OTH)18.9
HD-32BDarrel Miller (OTH)2.4Incumbent lost
HD-33AThomas H. Resner (OTH)7.3
HD-33BE. W. Quirin (OTH)3.3
HD-34ARichard Lemke (OTH)1.6Incumbent lost
HD-34BM. J. McCauley (OTH)17.1
HD-35ANeil Haugerud (OTH)30.5Incumbent lost
HD-35BLeonard C. Myrah (OTH)36.2
HD-36ARalph Jopp (OTH)30.2
HD-36BRichard J. Menke (OTH)8.8
HD-37AErnest Lindstrom (OTH)13.1
HD-37BJames Swanson (OTH)9.8
HD-38ADave Cleary (OTH)33.8
HD-38BJoseph Graw (OTH)26.2
HD-39AMary Forsythe (OTH)63.0
HD-39BRay Pleasant (OTH)25.3
HD-40AJoan R. Growe (OTH)9.4
HD-40BJerry Knickerbocker (OTH)17.2
HD-41AJulian Hook (OTH)18.6
HD-41BRobert McFarlin (OTH)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-42ATad Jude (OTH)2.5Incumbent lost
HD-42BSalisbury Adams (OTH)Unopposed
HD-43AO. J. Heinitz (OTH)29.5
HD-43BRichard J. Parish (OTH)10.1
HD-44ALyndon Carlson (OTH)3.0
HD-44BJ. B. Clifford (OTH)4.1
HD-45ABill Schreiber (OTH)26.6
HD-45BErnee M. McArthur (OTH)16.3
HD-46APaul McCarron (OTH)35.5
HD-46BJoe Conners (OTH)4.7
HD-47AJoel Jacobs (OTH)8.8
HD-47BGordon Voss (OTH)19.9
HD-48ARichard Andersen (OTH)12.6
HD-48BRobert Bell (OTH)18.5
HD-49AVince Lombardi (OTH)10.1
HD-49BTom Newcome (OTH)17.9
HD-50AJerome J. Belisle (OTH)1.8
HD-50BJohn Boland (OTH)14.9
HD-51AGary Laidig (OTH)1.5
HD-51BMichael Sieben (OTH)15.1
HD-52ARaymond Pavlak (OTH)43.4
HD-52BHarry Sieben Jr. (OTH)51.3
HD-53ARay Kempe (OTH)2.3
HD-53BBradley G. Pieper (OTH)25.4
HD-54AJohn Salchert (OTH)11.8
HD-54BJames Rice (OTH)13.7
HD-55AStanley Fudro (OTH)Unopposed
HD-55BJohn Sarna (OTH)23.6
HD-56AJames R. Casserly (OTH)4.9
HD-56BTom Berg (OTH)15.4Incumbent lost
HD-57APhyllis Kahn (OTH)18.0
HD-57BMartin Sabo (OTH)58.5
HD-58AJohn W. Johnson (OTH)19.0
HD-58BArne Carlson (OTH)11.0Incumbent lost
HD-59ALinda Berglin (OTH)29.7
HD-59BKen Nelson (OTH)20.6
HD-60AJames Adams (OTH)7.6
HD-60BStanley A. Enebo (OTH)24.1
HD-61AGary Flakne (OTH)26.4
HD-61BRay Wolcott (OTH)15.1
HD-62ANeil Dieterich (OTH)2.8
HD-62BWalter Hanson (OTH)7.4
HD-63ARay W. Faricy (OTH)8.2
HD-63BRobert Johnson (OTH)11.5
HD-64ABob Ferderer (OTH)18.5
HD-64BRoy Ryan (OTH)21.8
HD-65AFred Norton (OTH)25.5
HD-65BDonald Moe (OTH)5.3
HD-66ABruce Vento (OTH)30.1
HD-66BTony Bennett (OTH)12.3
HD-67ARobert Pavlak (OTH)27.5
HD-67BJohn Tomlinson (OTH)18.9

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner