1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 53A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Ray Kempe (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Mary Brunker (R) by 14.7 points, a seat another party won last time.
Ray KempeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.3%6,358
Mary BrunkerRepublican
42.7%4,731
11,090 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