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1976Final results

1976 election for Minnesota House District 4A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Doug Saintonge (D) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Ronald Hamilton (R) by 18.1 points.

Doug SaintongeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.1%8,903
Ronald HamiltonRepublican
40.9%6,174
15,077 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+6.91978R+6.21980D+8.11982R+4.51984D+16.01986D+29.31988

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