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1982Final results

1982 election for Minnesota Senate District 64

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Ron Sieloff (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Jay Benanav (D) by 1.6 points.

Ron SieloffRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.8%14,958
Jay BenanavDemocrat
49.2%14,487
29,445 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+27.61980R+1.61982D+5.01986D+44.51990D+34.11992D+28.21996

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