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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 54A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Carl Kroening (D) won with 66.4% of the vote, defeating Rick Harrison (R) by 32.9 points.

Carl KroeningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.4%5,821
Rick HarrisonRepublican
33.6%2,942
8,763 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+32.91978D+35.41980R+9.91982R+8.01984R+5.41986R+10.11988

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