1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 62B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mike Fritz (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Walter Hanson (D) by 1.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike FritzRepublican · winner
50.8%5,487
Walter HansonDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%5,304
10,791 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