1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 34
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Pat Kronebusch (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Roger Laufenburger (D) by 0.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat KronebuschRepublican · winner
50.4%14,548
Roger LaufenburgerDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%14,326
28,874 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