1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 20B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Cal Ludeman (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Russ Stanton (D) by 20.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Cal LudemanRepublican · winner
57.0%7,391
Russ StantonDemocrat · incumbent
36.6%4,744
Lou GellermanOther party
6.4%831
12,966 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