1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 58
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Eric Petty (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Elsa Carpenter (R) by 6.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Eric PettyDemocrat · winner
53.5%15,029
Elsa CarpenterRepublican
46.5%13,080
28,109 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