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Women Elected to the Minnesota Legislature, 1980-1988

1980   DFL IR INDEP Total #Seats %Women
  House 13  6 0  19  134  14.2% 
  Senate   3  2  0    5    67    7.5% 
  Total 16 8 0  24  201  11.9% 
 
1982   DFL IR INDEP Total #Seats %Women
  House 13   6 0  19  134  14.2% 
  Senate   5   4 0    9    67  13.4% 
  Total 18 10 0 28  201  13.9% 
 
1984   DFL IR INDEP Total #Seats %Women
  House 12   8 0  20  134  14.9% 
  Senate   5   4 0    9    67  13.4% 
  Total 17 12 0 29  201  14.4% 
 
1986   DFL IR INDEP Total #Seats %Women
  House 15   7 0  22   134  16.4% 
  Senate   6   3 0    9*    67  13.4% 
  Total 21 10 0 31*  201  15.4% 
*(6)Pat Pariseau, IR, was elected 11/8/88, increasing the number of women in the Senate to 10 (14.9%) and the number of women in the Legislature to 32 (15.9%).
 
1988   DFL IR INDEP Total #Seats %Women
  House 17   9 0  26*  134  19.4% 
  Senate   6   4 0  10      67  14.9% 
  Total 21 13 0 36*  201  17.9% 
*(7)Linda Runbeck, IR, was elected 2/4/89, increasing the number of women in the House to 27 (20.1%) and the number of women in the Legislature to 37 (18.4%).
(8)Ann Wynia, DFL, resigned 9/1/89 and Alice Hausman, DFL, was elected to fill her House seat on 11/7/89.
(9)Donna Peterson, DFL, resigned in January of 1990 and Carol Flynn, DFL, was elected to fill her Senate seat on 2/10/90.
 

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