1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 34A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Warren Stowell (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Richard Lemke (D) by 5.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Warren StowellRepublican · winner
53.0%6,075
Richard LemkeDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%5,394
11,469 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