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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota Senate District 1

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Lew W. Larson (Oth) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Claude H. Kremer (Oth) by 9.4 points.

Lew W. LarsonOther party · winner · incumbent
54.7%9,260
Claude H. KremerOther party
45.3%7,666
16,926 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 1970

Races before and after

EvenD+25.61982D+42.51986D+42.11990D+39.31992D+39.61996D+24.42000

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