1982Final results
1982 election for Minnesota House District 45B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Heap (R) won with 47.4% of the vote, defeating Rosemary Thorsen (Ind) by 18.3 points.
Jim HeapRepublican · winner · incumbent
47.4%7,095
Rosemary ThorsenIndependent
29.2%4,364
Sev LegredDemocrat
23.4%3,498
14,957 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET