1984 Election Cycle
Although he lost the remaining 49 states, former Vice President Walter Mondale eked out a 0.18-point win to carry his home state of Minnesota for the second closest presidential contest in the history of the state.
Independent-Republican U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz easily won reelection to a second term over Secretary of State Joan Anderson Growe.
All eight members of the Minnesota U.S. House delegation – five DFLer and three Independent-Republicans – were reelected by double-digits.
The GOP also netted 11 districts in the state House to regain control by a 69-65 margin.
Appointed Chief Justice Douglas Amdahl, Associate Justices Rosalie Wahl and C. Donald Peterson, and appointed Associate Justices Glenn Kelley and Mary Jeanne Coyne all were victorious.