1978Final results
1978 election for Minnesota House District 14B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mary Murphy (D) won with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Wayne B. Purcell (R) by 29.2 points.
Mary MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.6%7,108
Wayne B. PurcellRepublican
35.4%3,892
11,000 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