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1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1980 election for Minnesota House District 15A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Earl Hauge (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Delbert Anderson (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Earl HaugeDemocrat · winner
50.4%8,031
Delbert AndersonRepublican · incumbent
49.6%7,912
15,943 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

EvenR+5.01978D+0.71980R+12.71982R+39.31984R+17.71986R+1.11988

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