1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 24B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Marnie Luknic (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating O. E. Bimstihl (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marnie LuknicRepublican · winner
51.8%5,374
O. E. BimstihlDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%5,000
10,374 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