Rosenthal was re-elected again in 1982, but died suddenly in Washington, D.C. on January 4, 1983, just one day after the 98th United States Congress met for the first time.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress, a victim of redistricting and negative campaigning by Robert Torricelli, who unseated him by a 54% to 46% margin.
He served as chairman of the Select Committee on Committee Reform (Ninety-sixth Congress), and chaired the House Subcommittee on International Development Finance in the Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congress.
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Perkins was elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the 98th and the 99th Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, U.S. Representative Carl Dewey Perkins.
He was reelected in 1982 and again in 1988, serving from November 8, 1978, to January 3, 1995, in the 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd and 103rd Congresses.
He was a U.S. Representative representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district as a DFL member from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1993 in the 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Congresses.