1988Final results
1988 election for Minnesota House District 56B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Pat Beard (D) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Eric Sandrock (R) by 15.5 points.
Pat BeardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.7%8,638
Eric SandrockRepublican
42.3%6,322
14,960 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