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1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 38
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Bill Belanger (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Lyle Abein (D) by 7.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill BelangerRepublican · winner
53.7%12,982
Lyle AbeinDemocrat
46.3%11,185
24,167 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