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1988Final results

1988 election for Minnesota House District 54B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Dick Kostohryz (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Dennis Newinski (R) by 13.6 points.

Dick KostohryzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%7,789
Dennis NewinskiRepublican
43.2%5,921
13,710 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+35.81982D+20.61984D+22.81986D+13.61988R+2.91990D+14.21992

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