1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 13
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dave Rued (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Ken Anderson (D) by 5.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave RuedRepublican · winner
52.9%17,296
Ken AndersonDemocrat
47.1%15,420
32,716 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET