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1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 26

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Marion Menning (D) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Vin Weber (R) by 15.0 points, a seat another party won last time.

Marion MenningDemocrat · winner
57.5%15,778
Vin WeberRepublican
42.5%11,666
27,444 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

EvenR+25.31982R+25.81986R+26.51990D+33.51992D+27.21996D+2.12000

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