1980Final results
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 66
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Gene Waldorf (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Emery Barrette (R) by 6.0 points.
Gene WaldorfDemocrat · winner
53.0%10,593
Emery BarretteRepublican
47.0%9,397
19,990 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