1976Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 15
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Roger Strand (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Charles Berg (Ind) by 2.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
Roger StrandDemocrat · winner
51.1%14,872
Charles BergIndependent · incumbent
48.9%14,242
29,114 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