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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 14A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Doug Carlson (R) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Roy Carlson (D) by 27.1 points.

Doug CarlsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.5%7,588
Roy CarlsonDemocrat
36.5%4,356
11,944 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

EvenR+27.11978R+10.81980D+11.81982D+26.51984D+28.71986D+39.41988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET