1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 59B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Ken Nelson (D) won re-election with 75.0% of the vote, defeating Hobart T. Mitchell (R) by 50.0 points.
Ken NelsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.0%3,831
Hobart T. MitchellRepublican
25.0%1,276
5,107 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)