1970Final results
1970 election for Minnesota Senate District 51
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Keith Hughes (Oth) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating David Zabinski (Oth) by 34.7 points.
Keith HughesOther party · winner · incumbent
67.4%11,835
David ZabinskiOther party
32.6%5,734
17,569 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET