U.S. House, District 08, 1982 Election

General

Date: November 2, 1982
Cycle: 1982
Office: U.S. House
State: Minnesota
District: 08
Counties: Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine, Saint Louis, Sherburne
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
James L. Oberstar Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 176,392 76.74 +53.48
Marjory L. (Marnie) Luce Woman Independent-Republican 53,467 23.26

Luce was the first woman GOPer to be nominated for the U.S. House in Minnesota - 60 years after the first such Democrat (Lillien Cox Gault, 3rd CD, 1922).

Sources

  • Minnesota Election Results 1982, Election Division, Secretary of State (p. 27).