1974Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Minnesota House District 49A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Howard Neisen (D) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Vince Lombardi (R) by 4.3 points.
Howard NeisenDemocrat · winner
52.1%4,091
Vince LombardiRepublican · incumbent
47.8%3,752
7,847 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)