1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 16A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Joe Niehaus (R) won re-election with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Walt Whitson (D) by 20.3 points.
Joe NiehausRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.2%6,020
Walt WhitsonDemocrat
39.8%3,986
10,006 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)