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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota Senate District 29

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Alf Bergerud (Oth) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Allan R. Gayle (Oth) by 27.2 points.

Alf BergerudOther party · winner · incumbent
63.6%17,073
Allan R. GayleOther party
36.4%9,769
26,842 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

EvenR+1.71982D+15.21986D+16.31990D+10.91992D+17.31996D+12.82000

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