1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 61A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bill Crandall (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating John Brandl (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill CrandallRepublican · winner
51.0%6,449
John BrandlDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%6,196
12,645 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