1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 3A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Irvin Anderson (D) won with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Mark Forthun (Ind) by 40.0 points, a seat another party won last time.
Irvin AndersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
49.8%5,102
Write-ins and other votesOther party
40.4%4,142
Mark ForthunIndependent
9.8%1,005
10,249 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