1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 66
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
John Chenoweth (D) won with 72.8% of the vote, defeating Patricia Walkosz Schweitzer (R) by 45.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
John ChenowethDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.8%16,202
Patricia Walkosz SchweitzerRepublican
27.2%6,064
22,266 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