There was one special legislative election held in 1975 with Republican Nancy Brataas holding SD 33. The Rochester-based legislator was the second woman elected to the chamber in state history following Laura Emelia Naplin (1927-1935).
The Minnesota Republican Party changed its name to the Independent-Republican party in November 1975.
Elections
Date
Office
Stage
Winners
Details
02/01/1975
State Senate, District 33
Special
Nancy Brataas (Republican) won with 5,781 votes (58.22%) and a winning margin of +16.44
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Nancy Brataas
Woman
Republican
5,781
58.22
Thomas H. Resner
Man
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
4,149
41.78
Special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator Harold G. Krieger on January 1, 1975 after getting elected judge on the Olmsted County District Court.
Brataas was a resident of Rochester and became the second woman elected to the chamber in state history following Laura Emelia Naplin (1927-1935).
Thomas H. Resner (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 306 votes (100.00%) and a winning margin of +100.00
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Thomas H. Resner
Man
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
306
100.00
Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Harold G. Krieger on January 1, 1975 after getting elected judge on the Olmsted County District Court.
Nancy Brataas (Republican) won with 2,507 votes (56.95%) and a winning margin of +31.87
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Nancy Brataas
Woman
Republican
2,507
56.95
Darrell Strain
Man
Republican
1,104
25.08
C. Bruce Cherland
Man
Republican
791
17.97
Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Harold G. Krieger on January 1, 1975 after getting elected judge on the Olmsted County District Court.