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1978 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election

Minnesota · 7 candidates · See every 1978 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1978 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election?

Rudolph E. Boschwitz won the 1978 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election. Rudolph E. Boschwitz received 894,092 popular votes (56.57%). The main challenger was Wendell Anderson (40.39%).

See the full head-to-head between Boschwitz and Anderson

Boschwitz +16.2 pts · won by 255,717 votes
Rudolph E. BoschwitzRepublicanWINNER56.57%
894,092 votes
Wendell AndersonDemocratic40.39%
638,375 votes
Sal CarloneAmerican1.47%
23,261 votes
William PetersonSocialist Workers0.62%
9,856 votes
Brian John CoylePublic Interest Independent0.51%
8,083 votes
Jean T. BrustWorkers0.25%
3,891 votes
Leonard RichardsLibertarian0.19%
2,992 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.