1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 15
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Charles Berg (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Roger Strand (D) by 4.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles BergRepublican · winner
52.1%15,612
Roger StrandDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%14,374
29,986 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