1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 42A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tad Jude (D) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Jerry Mevissen (R) by 21.1 points, a seat another party won last time.
Tad JudeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.5%6,121
Jerry MevissenRepublican
39.5%3,989
10,110 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