1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

The chamber was tied · 134 seats

After the electionD 67 · R 67
Races134
Changed party40
Unopposed14%19 races
Incumbents defeated31

Every district

D 67 · R 67

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AMyron Nysether (R)0.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-1BJohn Corbid (D)0.9
HD-2ATony Stadum (R)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-2BWillis Eken (D)Unopposed
HD-3AChet Cook Jr. (R)19.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-3BNorman Prahl (D)21.1
HD-4AJohn A. Ainley (R)6.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-4BGlen Sherwood (R)1.9Flipped
HD-5ADominic Elioff (D)Unopposed
HD-5BLona Minne (D)Unopposed
HD-6AJoseph Begich (D)Unopposed
HD-6BDavid Battaglia (D)Unopposed
HD-7AWillard Munger (D)27.1
HD-7BMike Jaros (D)29.1
HD-8AArlene Lehto (D)Unopposed
HD-8BThomas R. Berkelman (D)8.5
HD-9ADwaine Hoberg (R)0.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-9BMerlyn Valan (R)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-10AJim Evans (R)57.8
HD-10BBob Anderson (R)42.7
HD-11APaul Aasness (R)23.1Flipped
HD-11BDave Fjoslien (R)35.6
HD-12ABruce Nelsen (R)19.4
HD-12BStephen Wenzel (D)30.5
HD-13APaul Thiede (R)5.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-13BM. B. Nelsen (D)3.8
HD-14ADoug Carlson (R)27.1
HD-14BMary Murphy (D)29.2
HD-15ADelbert Anderson (R)5.0
HD-15BGlen Anderson (D)1.7
HD-16AJoe Niehaus (R)25.3
HD-16BBernard J. Brinkman (D)6.5
HD-17AAl Patton (D)6.3
HD-17BJames Pehler (D)6.1
HD-18ADick Welch (D)12.0
HD-18BBob McEachern (D)Unopposed
HD-19AJohn T. Clawson (D)15.0
HD-19BJohn Weaver (R)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20ARay Welker (R)16.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20BCal Ludeman (R)20.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-21ADean Johnson (R)11.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-21BGaylin Den Ouden (R)31.5Flipped
HD-22AAdolph Kvam (R)20.8
HD-22BTony Onnen (R)24.1Flipped
HD-23ARaymond J. Albrecht (R)6.1
HD-23BCarl Johnson (D)5.7
HD-24ARobert Vanasek (D)24.7
HD-24BMarnie Luknic (R)3.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-25ASteve Sviggum (R)23.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-25BLyle Mehrkens (R)14.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-26ABuzz Anderson (D)14.0
HD-26BWendell Erickson (R)25.9
HD-27AGeorge Mann (D)7.1
HD-27BDavid Jennings (R)19.2
HD-28AGilbert Esau (R)36.6
HD-28BTerry Dempsey (R)11.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-29AMark Piepho (R)33.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-29BRichard Wigley (R)29.0
HD-30AHenry Kalis (D)27.5
HD-30BRod Searle (R)6.2
HD-31ABob Haukoos (R)28.9
HD-31BLeo Reding (D)18.9
HD-32AJohn S. Biersdorf (R)40.0
HD-32BDon Friedrich (R)36.5
HD-33AJ. R. Kaley (R)49.2
HD-33BKen Zubay (R)Unopposed
HD-34AWarren Stowell (R)5.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-34BTom Stoa (D)25.8
HD-35AElton Redalen (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-35BAl Wieser Jr. (R)49.3Flipped
HD-36AKenneth J. McDonald (R)61.9Flipped
HD-36BTom Rees (R)0.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-37AShirley Hokanson (D)11.0
HD-37BJames Swanson (D)2.0
HD-38AKathleen Blatz (R)16.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-38BBill Peterson (R)7.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39AMary Forsythe (R)Unopposed
HD-39BRay Pleasant (R)Unopposed
HD-40ADoug Ewald (R)Unopposed
HD-40BJerry Knickerbocker (R)44.6
HD-41AJohn Arlandson (D)15.5
HD-41BElliot Rothenberg (R)7.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-42ATad Jude (D)15.3
HD-42BBob Searles (R)Unopposed
HD-43AO. J. Heinitz (R)14.9
HD-43BJim Heap (R)0.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-44ALyndon Carlson (D)20.0
HD-44BLeo G. Adams (D)9.4
HD-45ABill Schreiber (R)6.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-45BRobert L. Ellingson (D)11.2
HD-46APaul McCarron (D)22.7
HD-46BWayne Simoneau (D)9.6
HD-47AJoel Jacobs (D)40.3
HD-47BGordon Voss (D)40.7
HD-48ASteven G. Novak (D)0.4
HD-48BJohn Rose (R)49.4
HD-49ADon Valento (R)10.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-49BRobert W. Reif (R)21.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-50AConnie Levi (R)14.4Flipped
HD-50BDick Kostohryz (D)9.4
HD-51AGary Laidig (R)37.3
HD-51BMichael Sieben (D)28.0
HD-52AJames Metzen (D)36.3
HD-52BHarry Sieben Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-53ARay Kempe (D)2.1
HD-53BCharles C. Halberg (R)14.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-54ACarl Kroening (D)32.9
HD-54BJames Rice (D)Unopposed
HD-55AStanley Fudro (D)Unopposed
HD-55BJohn Sarna (D)Unopposed
HD-56AJames R. Casserly (D)54.0
HD-56BDee Long (D)16.1
HD-57APhyllis Kahn (D)45.9
HD-57BLee Greenfield (D)39.6
HD-58ABill Dean (R)13.8
HD-58BTodd Otis (D)6.3Flipped
HD-59ALinda Berglin (D)40.7
HD-59BKen Nelson (D)Unopposed
HD-60AJanet Clark (D)28.4
HD-60BStanley A. Enebo (D)33.4
HD-61ABill Crandall (R)2.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-61BJim Norman (R)4.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-62AAnn Wynia (D)21.0
HD-62BMike Fritz (R)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-63ARay W. Faricy (D)20.3
HD-63BJohn Drew (R)9.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-64ATom Osthoff (D)Unopposed
HD-64BPeggy Byrne (D)28.4
HD-65AFred Norton (D)49.5
HD-65BDonald Moe (D)63.3
HD-66AGene Waldorf (D)26.0
HD-66BRandy Kelly (D)34.3
HD-67ARobert Pavlak (R)3.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-67BJohn Tomlinson (D)12.2

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner