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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Minnesota State Senate election results, district by district

Every Minnesota State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 67 seats

After the electionD 45 · R 22
Races67
Changed party10
Unopposed9%6 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 45 · R 22

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Marv Hanson (D)22.9
SD-2Roger Moe (D)20.5
SD-3Bob Lessard (D)Unopposed
SD-4Gerald Willet (D)5.6
SD-5Ronald Dicklich (D)Unopposed
SD-6Douglas Johnson (D)Unopposed
SD-7Sam Solon (D)Unopposed
SD-8James Ulland (R)46.9
SD-9Keith Langseth (D)5.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-10Collin C. Peterson (D)14.9
SD-11Wayne Olhoft (D)3.4
SD-12Myrton Wegener (D)0.5
SD-13Dave Rued (R)5.7Flipped
SD-14Florian Chmielewski (D)37.8
SD-15Charles Berg (R)4.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-16Joe Bertram (D)5.2
SD-17James Pehler (D)5.5
SD-18Charles R. Davis (D)14.9Flipped
SD-19Randolph Peterson (D)3.9
SD-20Jim Nichols (D)12.6
SD-21A. O. H. Setzepfandt (D)39.6
SD-22John Bernhagen (R)35.5
SD-23Earl Renneke (R)30.3
SD-24Clarence Purfeerst (D)25.7
SD-25Steve Engler (R)10.4
SD-26Marion Menning (D)27.9
SD-27Darrel Peterson (R)7.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-28Dennis Frederickson (R)5.5
SD-29Glen Taylor (R)15.5
SD-30Timothy Penny (D)27.5
SD-31Tom Nelson (D)33.5
SD-32Mel Frederick (R)43.6
SD-33Nancy Brataas (R)33.0
SD-34Pat Kronebusch (R)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35Duane Benson (R)37.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-36Robert Schmitz (D)27.1
SD-37Steven Lindgren (R)1.4
SD-38Bill Belanger (R)7.4Flipped
SD-39Otto Bang (R)48.5
SD-40John Keefe (R)40.9
SD-41Irv Stern (D)5.0
SD-42George Pillsbury (R)20.0
SD-43James Ramstad (R)7.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-44Hubert H. Humphrey III (D)Unopposed
SD-45William Luther (D)26.3
SD-46Don Frank (D)15.7
SD-47Gene Merriam (D)20.4
SD-48Robert O. Ashbach (R)37.2
SD-49Gregory Dahl (D)6.9
SD-50Jerome Hughes (D)19.6
SD-51Gerry Sikorski (D)16.6
SD-52Conrad M. Vega (D)11.4
SD-53Howard Knutson (R)25.8
SD-54Carl Kroening (D)45.4
SD-55Anne Stokowski (D)Unopposed
SD-56Robert J. Tennesseen (D)52.8
SD-57Allan Spear (D)48.1
SD-58Eric Petty (D)6.9Flipped
SD-59Linda Berglin (D)61.8
SD-60Jack Davies (D)60.8
SD-61Frank Knoll (D)18.0
SD-62Neil Dieterich (D)24.2
SD-63Ron Sieloff (R)14.9
SD-64Peter Stumpf (D)27.6
SD-65Donald Moe (D)39.8
SD-66Gene Waldorf (D)6.0
SD-67Marilyn Lantry (D)21.0

Minnesota State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner