1988Final results
1988 election for Minnesota House District 1A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Tunheim (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Sheldon Erickson (R) by 6.3 points.
Jim TunheimDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.1%7,428
Sheldon EricksonRepublican
46.9%6,554
13,982 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET