1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 57
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Allan Spear (D) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating Steve Carter (R) by 40.0 points, a seat another party won last time.
Allan SpearDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.9%15,035
Steve CarterRepublican
28.9%6,302
Claire CunninghamWorking Families
2.3%494
21,831 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