1982Final results
1982 election for Minnesota House District 14B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Doug Carlson (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Mike Kafka (D) by 7.4 points.
Doug CarlsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.7%7,406
Mike KafkaDemocrat
46.3%6,384
13,790 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET