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1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 20

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

David Frederickson (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Randy Kamrath (R) by 0.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

David FredericksonDemocrat · winner
50.1%11,472
Randy KamrathRepublican · incumbent
49.9%11,440
22,912 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+3.21982D+0.11986D+1.11990R+26.71992R+24.31996R+30.32000

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