1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Minnesota House District 30A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Dean Hartle (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Tom J. Shea (D) by 4.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dean HartleRepublican · winner
52.4%7,323
Tom J. SheaDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%6,662
13,985 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