1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 48
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Pat McGowan (R) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Jim Hillegas (D) by 19.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat McGowanRepublican · winner
59.8%25,821
Jim HillegasDemocrat
40.2%17,393
43,214 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