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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota House District 37A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Carolyn Rodriguez (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Ronald J. Kelly (R) by 17.4 points.

Carolyn RodriguezDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.7%7,054
Ronald J. KellyRepublican
41.3%4,966
12,020 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+11.01978D+17.41982R+7.31984R+7.51986R+33.61988R+22.21992

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