1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 56
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Robert J. Tennesseen (D) won with 75.5% of the vote, defeating Samuel A. Faulk (R) by 51.1 points, a seat another party won last time.
Robert J. TennesseenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.5%12,903
Samuel A. FaulkRepublican
24.5%4,180
17,083 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