1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 1
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Marv Hanson (D) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Ralph Hvidsten (R) by 14.0 points, a seat another party won last time.
Marv HansonDemocrat · winner
57.0%16,420
Ralph HvidstenRepublican
43.0%12,378
28,798 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET