1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 40A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Doug Ewald (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Janet Yonehiro (D) by 7.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
Doug EwaldRepublican · winner
53.6%4,655
Janet YonehiroDemocrat
46.4%4,028
8,683 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