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1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 election for Minnesota House District 26B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wendell Erickson (Oth) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Francis Judge (Oth) by 2.1 points.

Wendell EricksonOther party · winner · incumbent
51.0%6,765
Francis JudgeOther party · incumbent
49.0%6,492
13,257 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+25.91978R+28.81980R+7.71982R+28.91984R+30.21986R+42.81988

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