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1970Final results

1970 election for Minnesota Senate District 41

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Roy Holsten (Oth) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating James S. Ferrara (Oth) by 1.2 points.

Roy HolstenOther party · winner · incumbent
50.6%7,408
James S. FerraraOther party
49.4%7,235
14,643 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+29.11982R+36.91986R+20.61990R+16.11992R+23.71996R+18.22000

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