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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota House District 50B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Joe Quinn (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Joe R. Lacasse (R) by 13.4 points.

Joe QuinnDemocrat · winner
56.7%6,421
Joe R. LacasseRepublican
43.3%4,902
11,323 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+9.41978D+18.41980D+13.41982D+22.91984D+32.01986D+23.21988

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