1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 12
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Myrton Wegener (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating John Aldrich (R) by 10.1 points, a seat another party won last time.
Myrton WegenerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.0%15,402
John AldrichRepublican
45.0%12,577
27,979 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