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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 22

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Betty Adkins (D) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Marvin Johnson (R) by 20.3 points.

Betty AdkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.2%12,463
Marvin JohnsonRepublican
39.8%8,254
20,717 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

EvenD+7.61982D+20.31986D+32.31990D+31.71992D+30.22000D+24.22002

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