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1992Final results

1992 election for Minnesota Senate District 48

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Don Betzold (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Lyle Clemenson (R) by 14.2 points.

Don BetzoldDemocrat · winner
57.1%19,230
Lyle ClemensonRepublican
42.9%14,458
33,688 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenD+19.41982D+21.81986R+19.51990D+14.21992D+14.21996D+13.02000

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