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1974Flipped from independentFinal results

1974 election for Minnesota House District 44A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Lyndon Carlson (D) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Kerry Koestler (R) by 14.8 points, a seat another party won last time.

Lyndon CarlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.4%3,955
Kerry KoestlerRepublican
42.6%2,936
6,891 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

EvenD+20.01978D+26.01980R+7.91982R+18.51984R+28.01986R+24.51988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET