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1984Final results

1984 election for Minnesota House District 47A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Linda Scheid (D) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Mike Spahn (R) by 11.2 points.

Linda ScheidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.6%7,611
Mike SpahnRepublican
44.4%6,077
13,688 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

EvenD+37.81980D+29.51982D+11.21984D+18.91986D+23.71988D+25.61990

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET