1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 43B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Heap (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Dwayne King (D) by 0.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim HeapRepublican · winner
50.4%5,984
Dwayne KingDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%5,880
11,864 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