1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 46
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
David D. Schaaf (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Ben Ho (R) by 24.6 points, a seat another party won last time.
David D. SchaafDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%16,586
Ben HoRepublican
37.7%10,028
26,614 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