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1974 election for Minnesota House District 45A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Bill Schreiber (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Linda Scheid (D) by 6.4 points, a seat another party won last time.

Bill SchreiberRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.0%3,716
Linda ScheidDemocrat
44.5%3,248
Robert ProschIndependent
4.5%328
7,292 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

EvenR+6.31978R+22.51980R+43.11982R+40.21986R+37.01990R+31.21992

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

The candidates

Bill Schreiber (R)Linda Scheid (D)

Also on the ballot: Robert Prosch (Independent), 4.5%