1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 41B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Elliot Rothenberg (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Paul Petrafeso (D) by 7.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elliot RothenbergRepublican · winner
53.9%6,032
Paul PetrafesoDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%5,152
11,184 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