1982Final results
1982 election for Minnesota Senate District 59
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Allan Spear (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Nancy Gimmestad (R) by 26.0 points.
Allan SpearDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%15,924
Nancy GimmestadRepublican
37.0%9,360
25,284 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET