1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 67A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Robert Pavlak (R) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating Arnold E. Kempe (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert PavlakRepublican · winner
49.9%4,454
Arnold E. KempeDemocrat · incumbent
46.3%4,133
Tom KreagerOther party
3.8%335
8,922 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