1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 63B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
John Drew (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Dick Cohen (D) by 9.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John DrewRepublican · winner
54.9%7,182
Dick CohenDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%5,909
13,091 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