1974Flipped from independentFinal results
1974 election for Minnesota House District 8B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
James Ulland (R) won with 68.7% of the vote, defeating Abdul I. Ahmad (D) by 37.4 points, a seat another party won last time.
James UllandRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.7%7,208
Abdul I. AhmadDemocrat
31.3%3,287
10,495 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