1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Minnesota House District 27A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jim Girard (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Norman Deblieck (D) by 12.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim GirardRepublican · winner
56.1%7,898
Norman DeblieckDemocrat · incumbent
43.9%6,175
14,073 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