U.S. House, District 07, 1978 Election

General

Date: November 7, 1978
Cycle: 1978
Office: U.S. House
State: Minnesota
District: 07
Counties: Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Morrison, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Arlan Stangeland Incumbent Man Independent-Republican 109,456 52.35 +7.84
Gene R. Wenstrom Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 93,055 44.51
Ronald M. Holmquist Man American 6,555 3.14

Stangeland's vote tally is published as 106,573 by the Clerk of the U.S. House.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1979-1980 (p. 493).