1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 34B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Tim Sherman (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Robert A. Dufresne (D) by 13.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim ShermanRepublican · winner
56.9%7,571
Robert A. DufresneDemocrat
43.1%5,740
13,311 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