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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota Senate District 30

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Mel Frederick (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Peter Fog (D) by 17.0 points.

Mel FrederickRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.5%15,089
Peter FogDemocrat
41.5%10,702
25,791 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

EvenR+17.01982R+27.91986R+9.11990R+13.01992R+39.01996R+23.62000

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