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1974Flipped from independentFinal results

1974 election for Minnesota House District 12B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Stephen Wenzel (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Jim McCoy (R) by 30.7 points, a seat another party won last time.

Stephen WenzelDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.3%7,580
Jim McCoyRepublican
34.6%4,018
11,604 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+30.51978D+0.11982D+8.01984D+12.01986D+25.41988D+28.41990

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