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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 31B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Leo Reding (D) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating John L. Pluto (R) by 18.9 points.

Leo RedingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.4%5,922
John L. PlutoRepublican
40.6%4,041
9,963 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+19.11984D+35.21986D+26.91988R+21.41996R+20.41998R+18.92000

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