1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 21A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dean Johnson (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating C. L. Gunter (D) by 11.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dean JohnsonRepublican · winner
55.5%7,083
C. L. GunterDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%5,681
12,764 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