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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota House District 19B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Loren Jennings (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Ken Nielsen (R) by 30.6 points.

Loren JenningsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.3%7,467
Ken NielsenRepublican
34.7%3,967
11,434 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

EvenR+4.21980D+12.61982D+12.91984D+30.61986D+26.61988D+20.81990

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