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1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1982 election for Minnesota House District 3B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Loren Solberg (D) won with 58.4% of the vote, defeating Bob Lemen (R) by 16.9 points.

Loren SolbergDemocrat · winner
58.4%8,147
Bob LemenRepublican · incumbent
41.6%5,794
13,941 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+21.11978R+0.21980D+16.91982D+11.81984D+51.41986D+26.61988

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