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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Wallace Sparby (D) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Mark R. Skogerboe (R) by 23.6 points.

Wallace SparbyDemocrat · winner
61.8%8,314
38.2%5,141
13,455 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

EvenD+9.71980D+23.61982D+34.01984D+34.11992R+13.11994R+17.31996

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