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Election 1978 Results

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1978 US Senate election in Minnesota

Rudolph E. Boschwitz (Republican) beat Wendell Anderson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1978, 56.6% to 40.4%, a margin of 16.2 points and 255,717 votes.

David Durenberger (Republican) beat Bob Short (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1978, 61.5% to 34.6%, a margin of 26.9 points and 419,233 votes. (This was a special election.)

Minnesota changed party: in 1972 it went Democratic, for Walter Mondale.

Republicans led in 85 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Hennepin, cast 379,085 votes and went to the Republican by 13.5 points. The closest was Red Lake, where 20 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rudolph E. Boschwitz won Republican 894,092 56.6%
Wendell Anderson Democratic 638,375 40.4%
All other candidates 48,155 3.0%
Total1,580,622

Special election

CandidatePartyVotesShare
David Durenberger won Republican 957,908 61.5%
Bob Short Democratic 538,675 34.6%
All other candidates 61,793 4.0%
Total1,558,376

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 158,870 41.9% 210,038 55.4% 10,177 379,085 R+13.5
Ramsey 73,959 41.6% 98,214 55.2% 5,652 177,825 R+13.6
St. Louis 45,020 48.3% 43,710 46.8% 4,570 93,300 D+1.4
Dakota 25,766 38.3% 39,965 59.4% 1,507 67,238 R+21.1
Anoka 29,318 48.2% 30,086 49.5% 1,414 60,818 R+1.3
Washington 14,824 35.9% 25,361 61.4% 1,100 41,285 R+25.5
Stearns 13,609 34.4% 24,197 61.1% 1,798 39,604 R+26.7
Olmsted 8,313 27.7% 21,048 70.2% 603 29,964 R+42.5
Otter Tail 6,455 32.9% 12,635 64.3% 558 19,648 R+31.5
Wright 8,401 42.8% 10,682 54.4% 551 19,634 R+11.6
Blue Earth 7,649 40.0% 11,118 58.1% 367 19,134 R+18.1
Itasca 8,120 44.8% 9,092 50.2% 893 18,105 R+5.4
Rice 6,805 40.3% 9,516 56.4% 556 16,877 R+16.1
Clay 5,956 35.4% 10,513 62.4% 366 16,835 R+27.1
Goodhue 5,663 34.0% 10,670 64.1% 306 16,639 R+30.1
Crow Wing 6,239 38.0% 9,236 56.2% 947 16,422 R+18.2
Mower 7,666 46.9% 8,228 50.3% 465 16,359 R+3.4
Winona 5,892 36.3% 9,992 61.6% 332 16,216 R+25.3
Scott 6,479 43.1% 8,181 54.5% 361 15,021 R+11.3
Freeborn 5,395 38.0% 8,496 59.9% 290 14,181 R+21.9
Kandiyohi 6,376 46.0% 7,001 50.6% 469 13,846 R+4.5
Carver 4,830 35.1% 8,600 62.4% 348 13,778 R+27.4
Polk 5,148 38.8% 7,785 58.7% 321 13,254 R+19.9
Morrison 5,615 43.9% 6,754 52.8% 422 12,791 R+8.9
Carlton 5,319 45.3% 6,038 51.4% 395 11,752 R+6.1
Douglas 4,250 37.3% 6,695 58.7% 458 11,403 R+21.4
Beltrami 5,002 44.3% 5,722 50.6% 574 11,298 R+6.4
Brown 3,617 32.3% 7,186 64.1% 407 11,210 R+31.8
Martin 3,465 31.2% 7,379 66.4% 264 11,108 R+35.2
McLeod 3,718 33.7% 6,981 63.3% 326 11,025 R+29.6
Lyon 4,882 44.3% 5,852 53.2% 276 11,010 R+8.8
Steele 3,511 33.0% 6,924 65.1% 202 10,637 R+32.1
Le Sueur 4,318 41.7% 5,787 55.9% 249 10,354 R+14.2
Sherburne 4,330 42.6% 5,488 54.0% 344 10,162 R+11.4
Nicollet 3,957 39.1% 5,999 59.3% 167 10,123 R+20.2
Becker 3,613 37.0% 5,869 60.2% 273 9,755 R+23.1
Fillmore 3,040 31.4% 6,441 66.5% 204 9,685 R+35.1
Todd 3,577 37.4% 5,470 57.2% 508 9,555 R+19.8
Cass 3,475 37.4% 5,229 56.2% 597 9,301 R+18.9
Benton 3,437 37.2% 5,361 58.1% 436 9,234 R+20.8
Chisago 3,913 43.2% 4,829 53.3% 310 9,052 R+10.1
Renville 3,577 39.6% 5,240 58.0% 224 9,041 R+18.4
Faribault 3,080 34.3% 5,731 63.8% 170 8,981 R+29.5
Meeker 3,242 38.5% 4,965 58.9% 217 8,424 R+20.5
Wabasha 2,619 33.3% 5,037 64.1% 204 7,860 R+30.8
Redwood 2,367 30.1% 5,283 67.3% 205 7,855 R+37.1
Isanti 3,517 44.8% 4,062 51.8% 265 7,844 R+6.9
Waseca 2,633 33.9% 4,980 64.1% 153 7,766 R+30.2
Mille Lacs 3,422 44.6% 4,014 52.4% 231 7,667 R+7.7
Nobles 3,100 40.8% 4,316 56.8% 189 7,605 R+16.0
Houston 2,601 34.5% 4,775 63.3% 169 7,545 R+28.8
Pine 3,259 44.4% 3,729 50.9% 344 7,332 R+6.4
Chippewa 2,928 42.3% 3,813 55.1% 176 6,917 R+12.8
Sibley 2,300 33.8% 4,323 63.5% 180 6,803 R+29.7
Cottonwood 2,259 34.4% 4,186 63.8% 117 6,562 R+29.4
Yellow Medicine 2,718 41.6% 3,636 55.7% 179 6,533 R+14.1
Aitkin 2,709 42.7% 3,425 54.0% 209 6,343 R+11.3
Hubbard 2,258 35.6% 3,684 58.1% 396 6,338 R+22.5
Koochiching 2,620 41.6% 3,419 54.3% 253 6,292 R+12.7
Swift 2,816 46.4% 3,053 50.3% 195 6,064 R+3.9
Dodge 1,854 31.4% 3,940 66.6% 118 5,912 R+35.3
Marshall 2,342 40.0% 3,394 58.0% 119 5,855 R+18.0
Watonwan 2,273 39.2% 3,407 58.8% 119 5,799 R+19.6
Wadena 1,948 33.9% 3,553 61.9% 242 5,743 R+27.9
Lake 1,621 28.3% 3,641 63.5% 469 5,731 R+35.2
Pope 1,884 34.1% 3,381 61.1% 267 5,532 R+27.1
Pennington 2,328 42.3% 3,034 55.1% 145 5,507 R+12.8
Jackson 2,061 38.5% 3,211 60.0% 80 5,352 R+21.5
Pipestone 1,765 34.7% 3,213 63.1% 110 5,088 R+28.5
Lac Qui Parle 2,347 46.2% 2,592 51.0% 146 5,085 R+4.8
Murray 1,915 37.9% 3,035 60.0% 107 5,057 R+22.1
Roseau 2,220 44.2% 2,670 53.2% 129 5,019 R+9.0
Stevens 1,829 37.4% 2,923 59.8% 134 4,886 R+22.4
Kanabec 1,955 43.8% 2,339 52.4% 170 4,464 R+8.6
Rock 1,295 29.3% 3,065 69.2% 66 4,426 R+40.0
Norman 1,718 40.3% 2,471 58.0% 73 4,262 R+17.7
Grant 1,551 40.7% 2,154 56.5% 107 3,812 R+15.8
Clearwater 1,626 43.9% 1,862 50.2% 220 3,708 R+6.4
Wilkin 1,315 36.3% 2,244 62.0% 59 3,618 R+25.7
Lincoln 1,363 37.9% 2,121 58.9% 116 3,600 R+21.1
Big Stone 1,597 46.5% 1,736 50.6% 101 3,434 R+4.0
Kittson 1,388 42.4% 1,827 55.8% 59 3,274 R+13.4
Traverse 1,034 39.9% 1,484 57.3% 73 2,591 R+17.4
Mahnomen 970 39.2% 1,418 57.4% 84 2,472 R+18.1
Red Lake 1,044 48.2% 1,024 47.3% 96 2,164 D+0.9
Cook 522 26.2% 1,320 66.2% 151 1,993 R+40.0
Lake Of The Woods 793 42.4% 994 53.1% 84 1,871 R+10.7

Counties as they stood in 1978; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+15.7
2020 Tina Smith (D) D+5.2
2018 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+24.1
2014 Al Franken (D) D+10.2
2012 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+34.7
2008 Al Franken (D) level
2006 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+20.1
2002 Norm Coleman (R) R+2.2
2000 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.5
1996 Paul Wellstone (D) D+9.0
1994 Rod Grams (R) R+5.0
1990 Paul David Wellstone (D) D+2.6
1988 David Durenberger (R) R+15.3
1984 Rudy Boschwitz (R) R+16.8
1982 Dave Durenberger (R) R+6.0
1978 Rudolph E. Boschwitz (R) R+16.2
1976 Hubert H. Humphrey (D) D+42.5
1972 Walter Mondale (D) D+13.8
1970 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+16.1
1966 Walter Mondale (D) D+8.7
1964 Eugene McCarthy (D) D+21.1
1960 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+15.3
1958 Eugene McCarthy (D) D+6.3
1954 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+14.3
1952 Edward J. Thye (R) R+14.1
1948 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+20.3
1946 Edward J. Thye (R) R+19.1
1942 Joseph H. Ball (R) R+36.6
1940 Henrik Shipstead (R) R+32.4
1936 Ernest Lundeen (other)
1934 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1930 Thomas D. Schall (R) R+1.5
1928 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1924 Thomas D. Schall (R) R+40.0
1922 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1918 Knute Nelson (R) R+60.0
1916 Frank Kellogg (R) R+17.7