1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Minnesota Senate District 8
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
James Ulland (R) won with 67.3% of the vote, defeating Jerry Cleveland (D) by 34.5 points, a seat another party won last time.
James UllandRepublican · winner
67.3%18,458
Jerry ClevelandDemocrat
32.7%8,983
27,441 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