1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 38A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Kathleen Blatz (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Bruce Williamson (D) by 16.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kathleen BlatzRepublican · winner
58.2%5,190
Bruce WilliamsonDemocrat · incumbent
41.8%3,726
8,916 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