1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Minnesota House District 40A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Chris Tjornhom (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating James Swanson (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Chris TjornhomRepublican · winner
53.0%8,374
James SwansonDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%7,413
15,787 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