1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 13A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Paul Thiede (R) won with 47.7% of the vote, defeating Don Samuelson (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul ThiedeRepublican · winner
47.7%6,260
Don SamuelsonDemocrat · incumbent
42.4%5,567
John LaurianOther party
10.0%1,308
13,135 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET