1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Minnesota Senate District 9
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Keith Langseth (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating D. H. Sillers (R) by 5.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Keith LangsethDemocrat · winner
52.9%13,776
D. H. SillersRepublican · incumbent
47.1%12,245
26,021 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