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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 election for Minnesota House District 25B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Lyle Mehrkens (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Victor Schulz (D) by 14.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Lyle MehrkensRepublican · winner
57.0%7,633
Victor SchulzDemocrat · incumbent
43.0%5,756
13,389 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

EvenR+14.01978R+33.81980D+2.81982D+16.51984D+45.01988D+44.61992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET