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1986Final results

1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 57

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Carl Kroening (D) won with 77.3% of the vote, defeating Rick Harrison (R) by 54.6 points.

Carl KroeningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.3%10,338
Rick HarrisonRepublican
22.7%3,034
13,372 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+55.81982D+54.61986D+42.11990D+29.11992D+26.01996D+15.62000

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