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1980Final results

1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 14

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Florian Chmielewski (D) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating Bruce Kasden (R) by 37.8 points.

Florian ChmielewskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.9%20,444
Bruce KasdenRepublican
31.1%9,229
29,673 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

EvenD+52.51986D+50.31990D+57.11992R+2.91996R+29.52000R+14.02002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET