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1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 31

Name: 1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 31
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: Minnesota

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Tom Nelson (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating John E. Freydenlund (R) by 11.2 points, a seat another party won last time.

Tom NelsonDemocrat · winner

53.2%13,475

42.0%10,648

4.8%1,221

25,344 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

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

Also on the ballot: Loren Bellrichard (Other party), 4.8%