1976Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 20
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jim Nichols (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating J. A. Josefson (R) by 5.7 points, a seat another party won last time.
Jim NicholsDemocrat · winner
52.9%15,601
J. A. JosefsonRepublican · incumbent
47.1%13,912
29,513 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