1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 20A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Ray Welker (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Ellsworth Smogard (D) by 16.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray WelkerRepublican · winner
58.2%7,554
Ellsworth SmogardDemocrat · incumbent
41.8%5,415
12,969 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