1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Minnesota House District 12A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Don Richter (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Jerome Graba (D) by 11.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don RichterRepublican · winner
55.5%7,807
Jerome GrabaDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%6,264
14,071 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET