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1974 election for Minnesota House District 13B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Howard Smith (D) won re-election with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Milton Erickson (R) by 31.6 points.

Howard SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.8%7,076
Milton EricksonRepublican
34.2%3,677
10,756 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+31.61974D+44.81976D+3.81978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)