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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota Senate District 22

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Betty Adkins (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Mark N. Ourada (R) by 7.6 points.

Betty AdkinsDemocrat · winner
53.8%13,741
Mark N. OuradaRepublican
46.2%11,805
25,546 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+7.61982D+20.31986D+32.31990D+31.71992D+30.22000D+24.22002

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