1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 55
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Eugene Stokowaski (D) won with 75.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry Cowan (R) by 50.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
Eugene StokowaskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.1%18,080
Jerry CowanRepublican
24.9%5,994
24,074 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