1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Minnesota Senate District 50
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jerome Hughes (Oth) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Roy Holsten (Oth) by 1.4 points.
Jerome HughesOther party · winner · incumbent
50.7%11,704
Roy HolstenOther party · incumbent
49.3%11,370
23,074 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