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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Minnesota State Senate election results, district by district

Every Minnesota State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 67 seats

After the electionD 47 · R 20
Races67
Changed party7
Unopposed7%5 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 47 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Leroy Stumpf (D)42.5
SD-2Roger Moe (D)23.9
SD-3Bob Lessard (D)51.2
SD-4Gerald Willet (D)23.4
SD-5Ronald Dicklich (D)Unopposed
SD-6Douglas Johnson (D)64.3
SD-7Sam Solon (D)Unopposed
SD-8Jim Gustafson (R)22.6
SD-9Keith Langseth (D)15.9
SD-10Cal Larson (R)17.3Flipped
SD-11Charles Berg (D)22.6Flipped
SD-12Don Anderson (R)7.0
SD-13Don Samuelson (D)18.2
SD-14Florian Chmielewski (D)52.5
SD-15Dean Johnson (R)21.2
SD-16Joe Bertram (D)46.3
SD-17James Pehler (D)1.9
SD-18Charles R. Davis (D)12.0
SD-19Randolph Peterson (D)15.5
SD-20David Frederickson (D)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-21John Bernhagen (R)15.8
SD-22Betty Adkins (D)20.3
SD-23Dennis Frederickson (R)26.6
SD-24Glen Taylor (R)20.9
SD-25Clarence Purfeerst (D)14.9
SD-26Lyle Mehrkens (R)25.8
SD-27Gary Decramer (D)13.0
SD-28Jim Vickerman (D)12.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-29Tracy Beckman (D)15.2Flipped
SD-30Mel Frederick (R)27.9
SD-31Pat Piper (D)22.6
SD-32Duane Benson (R)37.9
SD-33Nancy Brataas (R)38.0
SD-34Steven Morse (D)6.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35Earl Renneke (R)22.4
SD-36Robert Schmitz (D)20.9
SD-37Darril Wegscheid (D)9.2
SD-38Howard Knutson (R)30.9
SD-39James Metzen (D)5.9
SD-40Michael Freeman (D)13.7
SD-41Bill Belanger (R)36.9
SD-42Don Storm (R)48.3
SD-43Gen Olson (R)43.4
SD-44Phyllis McQuaid (R)21.9
SD-45James Ramstad (R)41.0
SD-46Ember Reichgott (D)35.6
SD-47William Luther (D)32.7
SD-48Tad Jude (D)21.8
SD-49Gene Merriam (D)34.7
SD-50Gregory Dahl (D)26.0
SD-51Don Frank (D)Unopposed
SD-52Steven G. Novak (D)Unopposed
SD-53Fritz Knaak (R)8.3
SD-54Jerome Hughes (D)30.0
SD-55Gary Laidig (R)14.7
SD-56A. W. Diessner (D)28.9
SD-57Carl Kroening (D)54.6
SD-58Lawrence Pogemiller (D)52.5
SD-59Allan Spear (D)46.9
SD-60Linda Berglin (D)57.6
SD-61Donna Peterson (D)43.8
SD-62John Brandl (D)28.5
SD-63John Marty (D)3.7
SD-64Dick Cohen (D)5.0Flipped
SD-65Donald Moe (D)42.4
SD-66Gene Waldorf (D)Unopposed
SD-67Marilyn Lantry (D)55.5

Minnesota State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner