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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 41

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Bill Belanger (R) won with 68.5% of the vote, defeating Chuck Brady (D) by 36.9 points.

Bill BelangerRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.5%14,333
Chuck BradyDemocrat
31.5%6,601
20,934 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+29.11982R+36.91986R+20.61990R+16.11992R+23.71996R+18.22000

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