Yes, but Obey won (by a very narrow margin) not due to national politics, but because the GOP Governor had jacked up the sales tax and Obey (then a state legislator) rode its unpopularity to victory.
Wow, dj, I had no knowledge of the details of that race, but losing “safe” House seats often follows presidential elections. Didn’t the Dems temporarily lose one in MN in 1977 too?