1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 50B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dick Kostohryz (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Sam Henriksen (R) by 18.4 points.
Dick KostohryzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.2%6,474
Sam HenriksenRepublican
40.8%4,463
10,937 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