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1980Final results

1980 election for Minnesota House District 2B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Willis Eken (D) won with 61.9% of the vote, defeating Jay Fawver (R) by 23.7 points.

Willis EkenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.9%8,697
Jay FawverRepublican
38.1%5,364
14,061 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

EvenD+19.51982D+15.11984D+29.51986D+30.01992D+17.91994D+22.71996

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