1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 37
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Patricia Pariseau (R) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Mark Bielinski (D) by 20.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Patricia PariseauRepublican · winner
60.4%19,078
Mark BielinskiDemocrat
39.6%12,509
31,587 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