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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota House District 18A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Jerome Peterson (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Steve Verbeek (R) by 15.8 points.

Jerome PetersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.9%6,523
Steve VerbeekRepublican
42.1%4,743
11,266 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+16.81980D+16.31982D+15.41984D+15.81986D+21.41988R+4.01990

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