1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 36
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Robert Schmitz (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Marge Kinney (R) by 27.1 points.
Robert SchmitzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.5%22,359
Marge KinneyRepublican
36.5%12,836
35,195 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