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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Minnesota State Senate election results, district by district

Every Minnesota State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 67 seats

After the electionD 42 · R 25
Races67
Changed party0
Unopposed4%3 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 42 · R 25

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Leroy Stumpf (D)25.6
SD-2Roger Moe (D)14.0
SD-3Bob Lessard (D)52.0
SD-4Gerald Willet (D)31.4
SD-5Ronald Dicklich (D)Unopposed
SD-6Douglas Johnson (D)Unopposed
SD-7Sam Solon (D)75.4
SD-8James Ulland (R)17.0
SD-9Keith Langseth (D)4.1
SD-10Collin C. Peterson (D)0.8
SD-11Charles Berg (R)1.8Incumbent lost
SD-12Don Anderson (R)1.5Incumbent lost
SD-13Don Samuelson (D)22.9
SD-14Florian Chmielewski (D)33.3Incumbent lost
SD-15Dean Johnson (R)12.8
SD-16Joe Bertram (D)46.9
SD-17James Pehler (D)35.6
SD-18Charles R. Davis (D)26.2
SD-19Randolph Peterson (D)21.8
SD-20Randy Kamrath (R)3.2
SD-21John Bernhagen (R)21.3
SD-22Betty Adkins (D)7.6
SD-23Dennis Frederickson (R)14.8
SD-24Glen Taylor (R)12.1
SD-25Clarence Purfeerst (D)4.2
SD-26Lyle Mehrkens (R)25.3
SD-27Gary Decramer (D)0.8
SD-28Doran Isackson (R)5.0
SD-29Darrel Peterson (R)1.7
SD-30Mel Frederick (R)17.0
SD-31Tom Nelson (D)29.0
SD-32Duane Benson (R)46.5
SD-33Nancy Brataas (R)42.5
SD-34Pat Kronebusch (R)18.9
SD-35Earl Renneke (R)4.0
SD-36Robert Schmitz (D)17.1
SD-37Darril Wegscheid (D)0.9Incumbent lost
SD-38Howard Knutson (R)20.2
SD-39Conrad M. Vega (D)27.7
SD-40Michael Freeman (D)11.0
SD-41Bill Belanger (R)29.1
SD-42Don Storm (R)18.6
SD-43Gen Olson (R)33.3
SD-44Phyllis McQuaid (R)0.5
SD-45James Ramstad (R)38.3
SD-46Ember Reichgott (D)19.0
SD-47William Luther (D)42.7
SD-48Tad Jude (D)19.4
SD-49Gene Merriam (D)15.1
SD-50Gregory Dahl (D)18.4
SD-51Don Frank (D)Unopposed
SD-52Steven G. Novak (D)37.6
SD-53Fritz Knaak (R)3.4
SD-54Jerome Hughes (D)30.0
SD-55Gary Laidig (R)23.3
SD-56A. W. Diessner (D)19.9
SD-57Carl Kroening (D)55.8
SD-58Lawrence Pogemiller (D)53.8
SD-59Allan Spear (D)26.0
SD-60Linda Berglin (D)59.0
SD-61Donna Peterson (D)41.2Incumbent lost
SD-62Eric Petty (D)13.0
SD-63Neil Dieterich (D)23.2
SD-64Ron Sieloff (R)1.6
SD-65Donald Moe (D)54.6
SD-66Gene Waldorf (D)57.7
SD-67Marilyn Lantry (D)45.9

Minnesota State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner