1988Final results
1988 election for Minnesota House District 51A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Alice Johnson (D) won re-election with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Gordon Backlund (R) by 2.7 points.
Alice JohnsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.4%7,626
Gordon BacklundRepublican
48.6%7,218
14,844 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)