1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 35
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jerome Gunderson (D) won with 49.2% of the vote, defeating Elton Redalen (R) by 0.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
Jerome GundersonDemocrat · winner
49.2%13,736
Elton RedalenRepublican
48.7%13,600
Leta RongleyIndependent
2.0%566
27,902 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