1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 49
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
John Milton (D) won with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Paul Hansen (R) by 30.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
John MiltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.2%17,954
Paul HansenRepublican
34.8%9,562
27,516 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