1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota House District 13A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Don Samuelson (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Paul Thiede (R) by 3.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don SamuelsonDemocrat · winner
51.6%8,550
Paul ThiedeRepublican · incumbent
48.4%8,009
16,559 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET