1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 3B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bob Lemen (R) won with 38.5% of the vote, defeating Caroyln McBride (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob LemenRepublican · winner
38.5%6,775
Caroyln McBrideDemocrat
38.3%6,740
Robert HallLibertarian
23.1%4,065
17,580 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