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1980 election for Minnesota House District 30B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Jerry Schoenfeld (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Armin Tesch (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Jerry SchoenfeldDemocrat · winner
53.7%7,938
Armin TeschRepublican
46.3%6,831
14,769 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+7.51980D+17.21982D+21.51984D+31.21986D+2.81988R+7.01990

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