1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Minnesota House District 27B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Andy Steensma (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Wendell Erickson (R) by 12.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Andy SteensmaDemocrat · winner
56.0%6,863
Wendell EricksonRepublican · incumbent
44.0%5,390
12,253 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