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1990Final results

1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 16

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Joe Bertram (D) won with 80.6% of the vote, defeating Tony Muehlbauer (R) by 61.2 points.

Joe BertramDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.6%20,243
Tony MuehlbauerRepublican
19.4%4,880
25,123 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

EvenD+46.91982D+46.31986D+61.21990R+16.11992R+7.41996R+7.92000

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