1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Minnesota House District 27B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tom Hagedorn (Oth) won with 66.2% of the vote, defeating Paul Gerhardt (Oth) by 32.5 points.
Tom HagedornOther party · winner · incumbent
66.2%9,003
Paul GerhardtOther party · incumbent
33.8%4,589
13,592 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET