1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota House District 56B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dee Long (D) won with 68.0% of the vote, defeating Rolf Svendsen (R) by 35.9 points.
Dee LongDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.0%8,390
Rolf SvendsenRepublican
32.0%3,953
12,343 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