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1990Final results

1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 42

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Don Storm (R) won with 71.2% of the vote, defeating John Cochran (D) by 42.4 points.

Don StormRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.2%28,627
John CochranDemocrat
28.8%11,588
40,215 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

EvenR+48.31986R+42.41990R+23.71992R+44.71996R+32.32000R+28.62002

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