1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for North Dakota Legislative District 40
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Rolland Redlin (D) won with 28.2% of the vote, defeating Chester Reiten (R) by 0.2 points.
Rolland RedlinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
28.2%3,427
Chester ReitenRepublican · incumbent
28.0%3,406
Bernie PellenwesselRepublican
23.9%2,899
Delton J. TornoDemocrat
19.9%2,412
12,144 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