1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 44
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Ted Mondale (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Phyllis McQuaid (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ted MondaleDemocrat · winner
53.6%16,080
Phyllis McQuaidRepublican · incumbent
46.4%13,894
29,974 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