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1978Final results

1978 election for Minnesota House District 7B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Mike Jaros (D) won with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Harry R. Welty (R) by 29.1 points.

Mike JarosDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.6%5,193
Harry R. WeltyRepublican
35.4%2,850
8,043 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+56.41982D+31.31984D+54.81986D+47.11988D+28.31992D+16.91994

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