1976Flipped from independentFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 30
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Timothy Penny (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating John Patton (R) by 3.9 points, a seat another party won last time.
Timothy PennyDemocrat · winner
51.9%15,010
John PattonRepublican · incumbent
48.1%13,887
28,897 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