1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Minnesota House District 48B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
John Rose (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating B. J. Philbrook (D) by 3.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John RoseRepublican · winner
51.7%8,168
B. J. PhilbrookDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%7,634
15,802 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