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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 50B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Dick Kostohryz (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Doug Haddock (R) by 9.4 points.

Dick KostohryzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.7%5,024
Doug HaddockRepublican
45.3%4,163
9,187 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+9.41978D+18.41980D+13.41982D+22.91984D+32.01986D+23.21988

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