1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 134 seats

After the electionD 70 · R 64
Races134
Changed party15
Unopposed17%23 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 70 · R 64

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AMyron Nysether (R)11.1
HD-1BLeroy Stumpf (D)9.7
HD-2ATony Stadum (R)16.0
HD-2BWillis Eken (D)23.7
HD-3AIrvin Anderson (D)19.7Flipped
HD-3BBob Lemen (R)0.2Flipped
HD-4AJohn A. Ainley (R)6.2
HD-4BGlen Sherwood (R)8.9
HD-5ADominic Elioff (D)Unopposed
HD-5BLona Minne (D)Unopposed
HD-6AJoseph Begich (D)Unopposed
HD-6BDavid Battaglia (D)27.2
HD-7AWillard Munger (D)23.9
HD-7BBen E. Gustafson (D)Unopposed
HD-8AArlene Lehto (D)38.3
HD-8BThomas R. Berkelman (D)13.5
HD-9ADwaine Hoberg (R)13.6
HD-9BMerlyn Valan (R)16.4
HD-10AJim Evans (R)31.0
HD-10BBob Anderson (R)42.9
HD-11APaul Aasness (R)40.8
HD-11BDave Fjoslien (R)46.1
HD-12ABruce Nelsen (R)30.2
HD-12BStephen Wenzel (D)Unopposed
HD-13ADon Samuelson (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-13BPaul Ogren (D)4.1
HD-14ADoug Carlson (R)10.8
HD-14BMary Murphy (D)19.9
HD-15AEarl Hauge (D)0.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-15BGlen Anderson (D)0.3
HD-16AJoe Niehaus (R)43.1
HD-16BBernard J. Brinkman (D)13.8
HD-17AMarcus Marsh (R)15.7Flipped
HD-17BDave Gruenes (R)8.5Flipped
HD-18ADick Welch (D)16.8
HD-18BBob McEachern (D)26.1
HD-19AJohn T. Clawson (D)17.7
HD-19BJohn Weaver (R)4.2
HD-20ARay Welker (R)4.3
HD-20BCal Ludeman (R)9.0
HD-21ADean Elton (R)16.0
HD-21BGaylin Den Ouden (R)34.2
HD-22AAdolph Kvam (R)Unopposed
HD-22BTony Onnen (R)32.2
HD-23AGary Schafer (R)6.5
HD-23BCarl Johnson (D)30.6
HD-24ARobert Vanasek (D)31.0
HD-24BMarnie Luknic (R)16.1
HD-25ASteve Sviggum (R)48.4
HD-25BLyle Mehrkens (R)33.8
HD-26ABuzz Anderson (D)29.6
HD-26BWendell Erickson (R)28.8
HD-27AGeorge Mann (D)14.6
HD-27BDavid Jennings (R)Unopposed
HD-28AGilbert Esau (R)Unopposed
HD-28BTerry Dempsey (R)4.2
HD-29AMark Piepho (R)8.1
HD-29BRichard Wigley (R)31.3
HD-30AHenry Kalis (D)Unopposed
HD-30BJerry Schoenfeld (D)7.5Flipped
HD-31ABob Haukoos (R)29.4
HD-31BLeo Reding (D)Unopposed
HD-32ATom J. Shea (D)10.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-32BDon Friedrich (R)36.1
HD-33AJ. R. Kaley (R)Unopposed
HD-33BKen Zubay (R)25.0
HD-34AWarren Stowell (R)35.7
HD-34BTim Sherman (R)13.8Flipped
HD-35AElton Redalen (R)Unopposed
HD-35BAl Wieser Jr. (R)55.8
HD-36AKenneth J. McDonald (R)13.6
HD-36BTom Rees (R)5.6
HD-37AShirley Hokanson (D)Unopposed
HD-37BJames Swanson (D)8.5
HD-38AKathleen Blatz (R)13.3
HD-38BBill Peterson (R)21.5
HD-39AMary Forsythe (R)Unopposed
HD-39BJohn Himle (R)Unopposed
HD-40ADoug Ewald (R)Unopposed
HD-40BJerry Knickerbocker (R)Unopposed
HD-41ASally Olsen (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-41BElliot Rothenberg (R)35.9
HD-42ATad Jude (D)18.5
HD-42BBob Searles (R)Unopposed
HD-43AO. J. Heinitz (R)Unopposed
HD-43BJim Heap (R)9.4
HD-44ALyndon Carlson (D)26.0
HD-44BDorothy Hokr (R)0.1Flipped
HD-45ABill Schreiber (R)22.5
HD-45BRobert L. Ellingson (D)25.4
HD-46APaul McCarron (D)33.6
HD-46BWayne Simoneau (D)33.3
HD-47AJoel Jacobs (D)37.8
HD-47BGordon Voss (D)Unopposed
HD-48ASteven G. Novak (D)9.3
HD-48BJohn Rose (R)34.7
HD-49ADon Valento (R)8.3
HD-49BRobert W. Reif (R)21.9
HD-50AConnie Levi (R)17.1
HD-50BDick Kostohryz (D)18.4
HD-51AGary Laidig (R)37.5
HD-51BMichael Sieben (D)47.0
HD-52AJames Metzen (D)43.4
HD-52BHarry Sieben Jr. (D)26.8
HD-53ACarolyn Rodriguez (D)0.6
HD-53BCharles C. Halberg (R)22.0
HD-54AGeorge Dahlvang (D)35.4
HD-54BJames Rice (D)37.2
HD-55ALawrence Pogemiller (D)60.8
HD-55BJohn Sarna (D)39.1
HD-56ARandy Staten (D)Unopposed
HD-56BDee Long (D)35.9
HD-57APhyllis Kahn (D)46.1
HD-57BLee Greenfield (D)53.6
HD-58ABill Dean (R)8.3
HD-58BTodd Otis (D)16.9
HD-59AKaren Clark (D)31.7
HD-59BKen Nelson (D)Unopposed
HD-60AJanet Clark (D)47.8
HD-60BDonna Peterson (D)31.8
HD-61AJohn Brandl (D)10.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-61BWesley Skoglund (D)16.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-62AAnn Wynia (D)35.5
HD-62BWalter Hanson (D)9.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-63AKathleen Vellenga (D)7.2
HD-63BJohn Drew (R)14.5
HD-64ATom Osthoff (D)33.6
HD-64BPeggy Byrne (D)36.9
HD-65AFred Norton (D)49.9
HD-65BTom Harens (D)25.3
HD-66ARichard M. Oconnor (D)32.5
HD-66BRandy Kelly (D)37.2
HD-67AFrank J. Rodriguez Sr. (D)24.0Flipped
HD-67BJohn Tomlinson (D)18.4

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner