1974Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Minnesota House District 38B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Lyle Abein (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Joseph Graw (R) by 3.8 points.
Lyle AbeinDemocrat · winner
51.9%3,907
Joseph GrawRepublican · incumbent
48.1%3,623
7,530 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)