1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 3A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Irvin Anderson (D) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating William Knight (R) by 19.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Irvin AndersonDemocrat · winner
59.9%8,195
William KnightRepublican
40.1%5,493
13,688 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