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1984Final results

1984 election for Minnesota House District 49B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Joel Jacobs (D) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Jean Racutt (R) by 35.1 points.

Joel JacobsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.6%10,416
Jean RacuttRepublican
32.4%5,002
15,418 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

EvenR+21.71978R+21.91980D+42.11982D+35.11984D+48.81986D+22.61988

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