1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Minnesota House District 36B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bill Macklin (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Bob Jensen (D) by 0.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill MacklinRepublican · winner
50.4%8,545
Bob JensenDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%8,423
16,968 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