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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota House District 18B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Don Bergstrom (D) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Ewald Peterson (R) by 11.2 points.

Don BergstromDemocrat · winner
55.6%6,928
Ewald PetersonRepublican
44.4%5,534
12,462 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

EvenD+11.21982R+3.11984D+16.71986D+26.21988D+19.21990D+9.21992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET