1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 20
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jim Nichols (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Randy Kamrath (R) by 12.6 points.
Jim NicholsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.3%16,695
Randy KamrathRepublican
43.7%12,967
29,662 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