1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 59
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Stephen Keefe (D) won with 76.0% of the vote, defeating Robert A. Eichhorn (R) by 55.8 points, a seat another party won last time.
Stephen KeefeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.0%13,967
Robert A. EichhornRepublican
20.2%3,714
Jim CarsonWorking Families
3.7%688
18,369 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