1974Flipped from independentFinal resultsSpecial election

1974 special election for Minnesota Senate District 47

Name: 1974 special election for Minnesota Senate District 47
Start: 1974-11-04
Location: Minnesota

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Gene Merriam (D) won with 70.6% of the vote, defeating Robert Meyers (R) by 41.3 points, a seat another party won last time.

Gene MerriamDemocrat · winner

70.6%9,137

29.4%3,796

12,933 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 1974

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