1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 17A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Al Patton (D) won with 45.1% of the vote, defeating John Weyland (R) by 7.4 points, a seat another party won last time.
Al PattonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
45.1%3,962
John WeylandRepublican
37.6%3,308
John T. KosloskeIndependent
17.3%1,518
8,788 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET