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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 7A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Willard Munger (D) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Floyd R. Samways (R) by 27.1 points.

Willard MungerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.8%5,956
34.7%3,347
3.5%336
9,639 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+27.11978D+23.91980D+59.01982D+61.71986D+62.71988D+31.71992

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

The candidates