1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Minnesota House District 11B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Hilda Bettermann (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Clair Nelson (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Hilda BettermannRepublican · winner
50.1%7,285
Clair NelsonDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%7,258
14,543 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET