1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 21
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Alec Olson (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Alan Carlson (R) by 11.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
Alec OlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.8%16,592
Alan CarlsonRepublican
44.2%13,158
29,750 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