1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 4
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Gerald Willet (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Ed Sawyer (R) by 12.4 points, a seat another party won last time.
Gerald WilletDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.2%17,653
Ed SawyerRepublican
43.8%13,760
31,413 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