1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota House District 61A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
John Brandl (D) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Crandall (R) by 10.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John BrandlDemocrat · winner
55.3%8,106
Bill CrandallRepublican · incumbent
44.7%6,543
14,649 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