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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota House District 3B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Loren Solberg (D) won with 75.7% of the vote, defeating Cleone Peterson (R) by 51.4 points.

Loren SolbergDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.7%8,049
Cleone PetersonRepublican
24.3%2,587
10,636 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+0.21980D+16.91982D+11.81984D+51.41986D+26.61988D+34.71990

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