1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 7
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sam Solon (D) won with 80.2% of the vote, defeating Michael J. Konczak (R) by 60.4 points, a seat another party won last time.
Sam SolonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.2%17,606
Michael J. KonczakRepublican
19.8%4,351
21,957 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