1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota House District 62B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Walter Hanson (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Mike Fritz (R) by 9.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Walter HansonDemocrat · winner
54.8%6,528
Mike FritzRepublican · incumbent
45.2%5,389
11,917 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