1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 36
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Robert Schmitz (D) won with 72.0% of the vote, defeating Bjorn Rossing (R) by 44.1 points, a seat another party won last time.
Robert SchmitzDemocrat · winner
72.0%22,090
Bjorn RossingRepublican
28.0%8,576
30,666 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