1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 51
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Gerry Sikorski (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating David R. Mills (R) by 14.6 points, a seat another party won last time.
Gerry SikorskiDemocrat · winner
57.3%18,266
David R. MillsRepublican
42.7%13,600
31,866 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