1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Minnesota House District 51A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Alice Johnson (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Gordon Backlund (R) by 1.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Alice JohnsonDemocrat · winner
50.7%4,935
Gordon BacklundRepublican · incumbent
49.3%4,803
9,738 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