1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election

1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election

← 1986 November 8, 1988 (1988-11-08) 1990 →

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bob Vanasek Bill Schreiber
Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican
Leader since June 2, 1987 November 8, 1986
Leader's seat 25A–New Prague 48B–Brooklyn Park
Last election 83 seats 51 seats
Seats before 82 52
Seats won 81 53
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 1,059,605 946,820

Speaker before election

Bob Vanasek
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Bob Vanasek
Democratic (DFL)

The 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 1988, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 76th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 13, 1988.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1989.


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