1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 50
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jerome Hughes (D) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Alfred H. Edwall (R) by 40.9 points, a seat another party won last time.
Jerome HughesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.3%19,004
Alfred H. EdwallRepublican
28.4%7,790
Alice M. LarsonLibertarian
2.3%622
27,416 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