1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 44
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey III (D) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Richard W. Sathre (R) by 37.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
Hubert H. Humphrey IIIDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.6%15,890
Richard W. SathreRepublican
31.4%7,268
23,158 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