1972Final results
1972 election for Minnesota Senate District 23
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Earl Renneke (Oth) won with 73.0% of the vote, defeating N. Keith Thomas (Oth) by 46.0 points.
Earl RennekeOther party · winner · incumbent
73.0%18,505
N. Keith ThomasOther party
27.0%6,844
25,349 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET