1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 61B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Norman (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Wesley Skoglund (D) by 4.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim NormanRepublican · winner
52.3%5,781
Wesley SkoglundDemocrat · incumbent
47.7%5,268
11,049 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