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1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 41

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

B. Robert Lewis (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Sally Olsen (R) by 8.1 points, a seat another party won last time.

B. Robert LewisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.1%14,647
Sally OlsenRepublican
45.9%12,450
27,097 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

EvenR+29.11982R+36.91986R+20.61990R+16.11992R+23.71996R+18.22000

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