1990Final results
1990 election for Minnesota House District 56B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Pat Beard (D) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Dean Sorensen (R) by 36.9 points.
Pat BeardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.4%8,952
Dean SorensenRepublican
31.6%4,130
13,082 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