1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Minnesota House District 21B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Roger Cooper (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Gaylin Denouden (R) by 7.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Roger CooperDemocrat · winner
53.6%6,182
Gaylin DenoudenRepublican · incumbent
46.4%5,361
11,543 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET