1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Minnesota House District 50A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Teresa Lynch (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Ernest Larsen (D) by 7.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Teresa LynchRepublican · winner
53.6%9,649
Ernest LarsenDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%8,344
17,993 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