1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 43B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Heap (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Sara Jaehne (D) by 9.4 points.
Jim HeapRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.7%7,283
Sara JaehneDemocrat
45.3%6,033
13,316 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