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1980Final results

1980 election for Minnesota House District 46B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wayne Simoneau (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Melody L. Skelly (R) by 33.3 points.

Wayne SimoneauDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%8,549
33.3%4,274
12,823 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+9.61978D+33.31980D+32.31982D+17.61984D+34.51986D+24.81988

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