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1988Final results

1988 election for Minnesota House District 47A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Linda Scheid (D) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Roger Kinsey (R) by 23.7 points.

Linda ScheidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.8%8,306
Roger KinseyRepublican
38.2%5,127
13,433 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

EvenD+29.51982D+11.21984D+18.91986D+23.71988D+25.61990D+23.81992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET