1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 26
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Marion Menning (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Fellows (R) by 27.9 points.
Marion MenningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.9%16,860
Jim FellowsRepublican
36.1%9,506
26,366 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