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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota Senate District 16

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Stanley W. Holmquist (Oth) won with 64.8% of the vote, defeating Odean Enestvedt (Oth) by 29.6 points.

Stanley W. HolmquistOther party · winner · incumbent
64.8%12,084
Odean EnestvedtOther party
35.2%6,567
18,651 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+46.91982D+46.31986D+61.21990R+16.11992R+7.41996R+7.92000

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