1980Final results

1980 election for Minnesota House District 26B

Name: 1980 election for Minnesota House District 26B
Start: 1980-11-04
Location: Minnesota

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wendell Erickson (R) won with 64.4% of the vote, defeating Simon Koster (D) by 28.8 points.

Wendell EricksonRepublican · winner · incumbent

64.4%8,530

35.6%4,713

13,243 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

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