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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 30B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Rod Searle (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry Schoenfeld (D) by 6.2 points.

Rod SearleRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.1%6,548
46.9%5,788
12,336 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

EvenD+7.51980D+17.21982D+21.51984D+31.21986D+2.81988R+7.01990

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