1978 Senate elections · Minnesota history
Minnesota U.S. Senate election 1978
Rudolph E. Boschwitz REP +16.2 gain · Class II seat · held 11/7/78
- Votes counted
- 1,580,622
- Margin
- 16.2 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticchanged party
General election 11/7/78
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolph E. Boschwitz Won | REP | 894,092 | 56.57% | |
| Wendell Anderson | DEM | 638,375 | 40.39% | |
| Sal Carlone | AMP | 23,261 | 1.47% | |
| William Bill Peterson | SWP | 9,856 | 0.62% | |
| Brian John Coyle | OTH | 8,083 | 0.51% | |
| Jean T. Brust | OTH | 3,891 | 0.25% | |
| Leonard Richards | LIB | 2,992 | 0.19% | |
| Write-in | — | 72 | 0.01% | |
| Total | 1,580,622 | |||
Official source: data
Other Minnesota Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Class I | Amy Klobuchar | 15.7 |
| 2020 | Class II | Tina Smith | 5.2 |
| 2018 | Class I | Amy Klobuchar | 24.1 |
| 2018 special | Class II | Tina Smith | 10.6 |
| 2014 | Class II | Al Franken | 10.2 |
| 2012 | Class I | Amy Klobuchar | 34.7 |
| 2008 | Class II | Al Franken | 0.0 |
| 2006 | Class I | Amy Klobuchar | 20.1 |
| 2002 | Class II | Norm Coleman | 2.2 |
| 2000 | Class I | Mark Dayton | 5.5 |
| 1996 | Class II | Paul Wellstone | 9.0 |
| 1994 | Class I | Rod Grams | 5.0 |
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Questions and answers
Who won the 1978 Minnesota Senate race?
Rudolph E. Boschwitz (REP) won with 56.6% of the vote, ahead of Wendell Anderson (40.4%), a margin of 16.2 points.
Did the Minnesota Senate seat change party in 1978?
Yes. It moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
How many votes were cast in the 1978 Minnesota Senate race?
1,580,622 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.