1972Final results
1972 election for Minnesota Senate District 42
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
George Pillsbury (Oth) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Raul O. Salazar (Oth) by 15.1 points.
George PillsburyOther party · winner · incumbent
57.6%14,513
Raul O. SalazarOther party
42.4%10,696
25,209 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