1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 24
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Clarence Purfeerst (D) won with 68.7% of the vote, defeating Audrey Knutson (R) by 37.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
Clarence PurfeerstDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.7%17,773
Audrey KnutsonRepublican
31.3%8,087
25,860 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