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1978 election for Minnesota House District 4B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Glen Sherwood (R) won with 45.9% of the vote, defeating Jerome Graba (D) by 1.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Glen SherwoodRepublican · winner · incumbent
45.9%6,943
Jerome GrabaDemocrat
43.9%6,648
Tom KientzleOther party
10.2%1,538
15,129 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

EvenR+1.91978R+8.91980R+9.51982R+8.11984D+23.31986D+13.91988

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