1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 1A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Myron Nysether (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Art Braun (D) by 0.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Myron NysetherRepublican · winner
50.2%6,219
Art BraunDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%6,176
12,395 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