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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 66A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Gene Waldorf (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Lee Runyon (R) by 26.0 points.

Gene WaldorfDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%4,460
Lee RunyonRepublican
37.0%2,617
7,077 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+26.01978D+32.51980D+46.51982D+58.71984D+59.81986D+49.71988

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