1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 17B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dave Gruenes (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Bernard Boland (D) by 8.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave GruenesRepublican · winner
54.2%6,817
Bernard BolandDemocrat
45.8%5,750
12,567 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