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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota House District 1A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Jim Tunheim (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Fuzz Lepage (R) by 2.9 points.

Jim TunheimDemocrat · winner
51.5%7,050
Fuzz LepageRepublican
48.5%6,647
13,697 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+0.31978R+11.11980D+2.91982D+8.71984D+12.81986D+6.31988

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