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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 47B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Gordon Voss (D) won with 70.4% of the vote, defeating Harold Stub Goertz (R) by 40.7 points.

Gordon VossDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.4%6,963
29.6%2,932
9,895 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+14.01984D+20.01986D+34.91988D+33.01990D+7.71992D+5.51994

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