1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 25A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Steve Sviggum (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Jim White (D) by 23.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Steve SviggumRepublican · winner
61.8%8,228
Jim WhiteDemocrat · incumbent
38.2%5,077
13,305 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