1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Minnesota House District 23B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Don Ostrom (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Allen Quist (R) by 2.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don OstromDemocrat · winner
51.0%7,528
Allen QuistRepublican · incumbent
49.0%7,230
14,758 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