1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 26B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Wendell Erickson (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Kenneth A. Sandvik (D) by 7.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
Wendell EricksonRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.7%5,154
Kenneth A. SandvikDemocrat
46.3%4,435
9,589 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