1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 18
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Robert Dunn (R) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Mert Auger (D) by 9.7 points, a seat another party won last time.
Robert DunnRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.8%17,811
Mert AugerDemocrat
45.2%14,662
32,473 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