1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 31
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Tom Nelson (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Bernice Weldon (R) by 33.5 points.
Tom NelsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%15,477
Bernice WeldonRepublican
33.3%7,712
23,189 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