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1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 16

Name: 1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 16
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: Minnesota

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Ed Schrom (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Richard L. Kinzer (R) by 26.3 points, a seat another party won last time.

Ed SchromDemocrat · winner · incumbent

54.1%15,051

27.8%7,738

18.1%5,020

27,809 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

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