1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 40
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
John Keefe (R) won with 67.5% of the vote, defeating Jim Shaw (Ind) by 34.9 points, a seat another party won last time.
John KeefeRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.5%20,894
Jim ShawIndependent
32.5%10,076
30,970 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