1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Minnesota House District 28A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Ted Winter (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Carol Dyke (R) by 10.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ted WinterDemocrat · winner
55.4%6,535
Carol DykeRepublican · incumbent
44.6%5,253
11,788 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