1986Final results
1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 31
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Pat Piper (D) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Jack Dibble (R) by 22.6 points.
Pat PiperDemocrat · winner
61.3%13,571
Jack DibbleRepublican
38.7%8,567
22,138 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