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1974Flipped from independentFinal results

1974 election for Minnesota House District 61B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wesley Skoglund (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Charles Stenvig (R) by 14.2 points, a seat another party won last time.

Wesley SkoglundDemocrat · winner
57.1%5,850
Charles StenvigRepublican
42.9%4,393
10,243 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+4.61978D+16.71980D+49.71982D+44.61984D+49.31986D+48.81988

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