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1972Final results

1972 election for Minnesota House District 14A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Doug Carlson (Oth) won with 62.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Ryan (Oth) by 25.2 points.

Doug CarlsonOther party · winner · incumbent
62.6%8,074
Tom RyanOther party
37.4%4,821
12,895 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenR+27.11978R+10.81980D+11.81982D+26.51984D+28.71986D+39.41988

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