1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota House District 61B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Wesley Skoglund (D) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Jim Norman (R) by 16.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Wesley SkoglundDemocrat · winner
58.3%7,806
Jim NormanRepublican · incumbent
41.7%5,574
13,380 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