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1980Final results

1980 election for Minnesota House District 57A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Phyllis Kahn (D) won with 73.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas P. Long (R) by 46.1 points.

Phyllis KahnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.0%7,979
Thomas P. LongRepublican
27.0%2,945
10,924 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+46.11980D+44.71982D+44.11984D+47.91986D+45.01988D+31.91990

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