1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1986 election for Minnesota Senate District 64
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dick Cohen (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Bill A. Ridley (R) by 5.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dick CohenDemocrat · winner
52.5%11,499
Bill A. RidleyRepublican
47.5%10,408
21,907 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