1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 29A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mark Piepho (R) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating David R. Cumminskey (D) by 33.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mark PiephoRepublican · winner
66.8%6,468
David R. CumminskeyDemocrat · incumbent
33.2%3,213
9,681 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