1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 28B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Terry Dempsey (R) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Anthony J. Eckstein (D) by 11.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Terry DempseyRepublican · winner
55.9%6,104
Anthony J. EcksteinDemocrat · incumbent
44.1%4,823
10,927 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