1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 17A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Marcus Marsh (R) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating John Spartz (D) by 15.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marcus MarshRepublican · winner
57.8%7,519
John SpartzDemocrat
42.2%5,481
13,000 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