1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Minnesota House of Representatives district in the 1984 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 134 seats

After the electionD 65 · R 69
Races134
Changed party18
Unopposed5%7 races
Incumbents defeated12

Every district

D 65 · R 69

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1AJim Tunheim (D)8.7
HD-1BWallace Sparby (D)34.0
HD-2ABernie Lieder (D)3.2Flipped
HD-2BEdgar Olson (D)15.1
HD-3ABob Neuenschwander (D)34.5
HD-3BLoren Solberg (D)11.8
HD-4ATed Thorson (R)4.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-4BMaurice Zaffke (R)8.1
HD-5ADominic Elioff (D)53.8
HD-5BLona Minne (D)43.8
HD-6ADavid Battaglia (D)Unopposed
HD-6BJoseph Begich (D)59.7
HD-7AWillard Munger (D)Unopposed
HD-7BMike Jaros (D)31.3
HD-8AMary Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-8BBen Boo (R)15.1Flipped
HD-9AJoel Carlson (R)5.3
HD-9BMerlyn Valan (R)13.0
HD-10ADennis Poppenhagen (R)25.5
HD-10BBob Anderson (R)39.4
HD-11AChuck Brown (D)8.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-11BDave Fjoslien (R)17.7
HD-12ADon Richter (R)11.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-12BRichard Krueger (D)8.0
HD-13APaul Thiede (R)3.2
HD-13BStephen Wenzel (D)36.6
HD-14APaul Ogren (D)26.5
HD-14BDoug Carlson (R)17.0
HD-15ASylvester Uphus (R)39.3
HD-15BAlan Welle (D)12.3
HD-16ABen Omann (R)23.3
HD-16BBernard J. Brinkman (D)9.0
HD-17AMarcus Marsh (R)15.0
HD-17BDave Gruenes (R)23.5
HD-18AJerome Peterson (D)15.4
HD-18BRalph Kiffmeyer (R)3.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-19ALynn Becklin (R)3.0Flipped
HD-19BLoren Jennings (D)12.9
HD-20AGlen Anderson (D)0.2
HD-20BHoward Miller (R)16.2
HD-21AAdolph Kvam (R)16.7
HD-21BGaylin Denouden (R)9.4
HD-22ABob McEachern (D)22.3
HD-22BTony Onnen (R)19.9
HD-23ATerry Dempsey (R)59.4
HD-23BAllen Guist (R)10.4
HD-24AMark Piepho (R)13.7
HD-24BMarcel Frederick (R)19.4
HD-25ARobert Vanasek (D)7.6
HD-25BPeter Rodosovich (D)16.5
HD-26ASteve Sviggum (R)46.6
HD-26BBob Waltman (R)28.9
HD-27AJim Boerboom (R)3.6
HD-27BWendell Erickson (R)18.1
HD-28ACarol Dyke (R)4.3Flipped
HD-28BDennis Frederickson (R)2.7Flipped
HD-29ADavid Jennings (R)Unopposed
HD-29BHenry Kalis (D)21.0
HD-30ADean Hartle (R)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-30BJerry Schoenfeld (D)21.5
HD-31ABob Haukoos (R)24.3
HD-31BPat Piper (D)19.1
HD-32ADonald L. Frerichs (R)25.9
HD-32BElton Redalen (R)32.5
HD-33AGilbert Gutknecht (R)37.0
HD-33BDave Bishop (R)42.9
HD-34AVirgil Johnson (R)44.7
HD-34BTim Sherman (R)12.4
HD-35AGary Schafer (R)25.4
HD-35BKenneth J. McDonald (R)5.0
HD-36AChuck Dimler (R)14.9
HD-36BTom Rees (R)3.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-37AEileen Tompkins (R)7.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-37BDennis Ozment (R)10.4Flipped
HD-38ACharles C. Halberg (R)38.0
HD-38BArt Seaberg (R)28.6
HD-39ABert McKasy (R)15.2
HD-39BJames Metzen (D)22.6
HD-40AChris Tjornhom (R)6.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-40BPhil Riveness (D)9.6
HD-41AJohn Himle (R)47.0
HD-41BKathleen Blatz (R)32.5
HD-42ASidney Pauly (R)Unopposed
HD-42BMary Forsythe (R)65.6
HD-43AJohn Burger (R)21.2
HD-43BJerry Knickerbocker (R)45.3
HD-44ASally Olsen (R)18.5
HD-44BGloria Segal (D)16.9
HD-45ACraig Shaver (R)Unopposed
HD-45BJim Heap (R)43.5
HD-46AAnn Rest (D)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46BLyndon Carlson (D)17.6
HD-47ALinda Scheid (D)11.2
HD-47BRobert L. Ellingson (D)14.0
HD-48ADale Clausnitzer (R)17.1
HD-48BBill Schreiber (R)24.8
HD-49ADarby Nelson (D)8.3
HD-49BJoel Jacobs (D)35.1
HD-50AJohn Hartinger (R)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-50BJoe Quinn (D)22.9
HD-51AGordon Backlund (R)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-51BWayne Simoneau (D)35.1
HD-52AGordon Voss (D)18.4
HD-52BDan Knuth (D)11.5
HD-53ATony Bennett (R)24.7
HD-53BBrad Stanius (R)2.9
HD-54ADon Valento (R)8.0
HD-54BDick Kostohryz (D)20.6
HD-55AConnie Levi (R)27.0
HD-55BHarriet McPherson (R)7.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-56ALen Price (D)12.9
HD-56BPat Beard (D)26.8
HD-57AJames Rice (D)44.1
HD-57BRandy Staten (D)58.6
HD-58AJohn Sarna (D)49.4
HD-58BPhyllis Kahn (D)42.9
HD-59ADee Long (D)55.4
HD-59BTodd Otis (D)44.0
HD-60AKaren Clark (D)37.3
HD-60BPeter McLaughlin (D)53.8
HD-61ALee Greenfield (D)40.6
HD-61BWesley Skoglund (D)44.6
HD-62AKen Nelson (D)20.2
HD-62BJohn Brandl (D)10.6
HD-63AJohn Rose (R)15.7
HD-63BAnn Wynia (D)47.7
HD-64AKathleen Vellenga (D)53.1
HD-64BDick Cohen (D)12.5
HD-65AFred Norton (D)Unopposed
HD-65BSandy Pappas (D)43.1
HD-66ATom Osthoff (D)58.7
HD-66BRichard M. Oconnor (D)40.6
HD-67ARandy Kelly (D)49.6
HD-67BJohn Tomlinson (D)34.4

Minnesota House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner