1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 47
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Gene Merriam (D) won with 60.2% of the vote, defeating Jim Liabraaten (R) by 20.4 points.
Gene MerriamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.2%17,987
Jim LiabraatenRepublican
39.8%11,902
29,889 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