1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Minnesota House District 45A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Linda Scheid (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Schreiber (R) by 12.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Linda ScheidDemocrat · winner
56.3%8,906
Bill SchreiberRepublican · incumbent
43.7%6,912
15,818 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