1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Minnesota House District 40B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Joyce Henry (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Phil Riveness (D) by 2.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joyce HenryRepublican · winner
51.3%7,167
Phil RivenessDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%6,813
13,980 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