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1976Flipped from independentFinal results

1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 28

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Carl Jensen (R) won with 47.8% of the vote, defeating Floyd Imker (D) by 16.3 points, a seat another party won last time.

Carl JensenRepublican · winner · incumbent
47.8%12,689
Floyd ImkerDemocrat
31.6%8,374
E. L. AdolphsonIndependent
20.6%5,458
26,521 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+5.01982D+12.21986D+13.31990R+13.21992R+38.61996R+27.12000

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