1976Final results
1976 election for Minnesota House District 18A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dick Welch (D) won with 49.3% of the vote, defeating Mike Ives (R) by 7.9 points.
Dick WelchDemocrat · winner
49.3%7,337
Mike IvesRepublican
41.4%6,165
Loretta FreihammerOther party
9.2%1,376
14,878 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET