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1974Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Minnesota House District 9B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Keith Langseth (D) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Arlan Stangeland (R) by 17.9 points, a seat another party won last time.

Keith LangsethDemocrat · winner
58.9%5,361
Arlan StangelandRepublican · incumbent
41.1%3,735
9,097 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+0.11978R+16.41980R+14.71982R+13.01984D+3.61986D+1.11988

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