1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 62B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Walter Hanson (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Rollin A. Gates (R) by 33.4 points, a seat another party won last time.
Walter HansonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%5,158
Rollin A. GatesRepublican
33.3%2,575
7,734 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