1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Minnesota House District 4A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Ted Thorson (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Doug Saintonge (D) by 4.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted ThorsonRepublican · winner
52.3%7,481
Doug SaintongeDemocrat · incumbent
47.7%6,831
14,312 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