1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for North Dakota Legislative District 40
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Rolland Redlin (D) won with 29.5% of the vote, defeating Chester Reiten (R) by 0.1 points.
Rolland RedlinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
29.5%3,512
Chester ReitenRepublican · incumbent
29.4%3,496
Gary KramlichRepublican
21.7%2,585
Sewall E. PetersonDemocrat
19.4%2,310
11,903 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