1980 Election Cycle

The Carter/Mondale ticket shed nearly nine points off its victory margin from four years prior, but the Democrats carried Minnesota by 3.9 points.

Both parties retained control of their respective U.S. House seats with the Independent-Republicans winning five and the DFL three.

The DFL netted one state Senate seat for a 45-22 advantage in the chamber while and two in the state House for a 70-64 advantage.

All four Associate Justices were reelected to the Supreme Court: James C. Otis, Lawrence Yetka, George Scott, and John Todd.

Elections

Date Office Stage Winners Details
11/04/1980 U.S. House, District 05 General Martin Olav Sabo (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 126,451 votes (70.08%) and a winning margin of +43.37
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Martin Olav Sabo Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 126,451 70.08
John Doherty Man Independent-Republican 48,200 26.71
Jeffrey M. Miller Man New Union 2,552 1.41
Scott Wallace Man Industrial Government 1,616 0.90
Steve Thomas Man Socialist Workers 1,611 0.89

Miller was nominated by petition.

Wallace was nominated by petition.

Thomas was nominated by petition.

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11/04/1980 U.S. House, District 06 General Vin Weber (Independent-Republican) won with 140,402 votes (52.67%) and a winning margin of +5.34
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Vin Weber Man Independent-Republican 140,402 52.67
Archie Baumann Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 126,173 47.33
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11/04/1980 U.S. House, District 07 General Arlan Stangeland (Independent-Republican) won with 135,084 votes (52.13%) and a winning margin of +4.27
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Arlan Stangeland Incumbent Man Independent-Republican 135,084 52.13
Gene R. Wenstrom Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 124,026 47.87
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11/04/1980 State House, District 67B General John Tomlinson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 7,236 votes (59.22%) and a winning margin of +18.45
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
John Tomlinson Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 7,236 59.22
Philip (Phil) Krinkie Man Independent-Republican 4,982 40.78
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11/04/1980 President / Vice President General Jimmy Carter (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 954,174 votes (46.50%) and a winning margin of +3.94
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Jimmy Carter Incumbent with Walter Mondale Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 954,174 46.50
Ronald Reagan with George H.W. Bush Man Independent-Republican 873,241 42.56
John B. Anderson with Patrick Lucey Man Anderson Coalition 174,990 8.53
Edward Clark with David Koch Man Libertarian 31,592 1.54
Barry Commoner with LaDonna Harris Man Citizens 8,407 0.41
(No candidate specified) American 6,139 0.30
Gus Hall with Angela Davis Man Communist 1,184 0.06
Clifton DeBerry with Matilde Zimmermann Man Socialist Workers 711 0.03
Deirdre Griswold with Larry Holmes Woman Workers World 698 0.03
David McReynolds with Diane Drufenbrock Man Socialist 536 0.03

Carter and Mondales each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes. For the third consecutive cycle, the Democratic ticket performed better in Minnesota than in any state in the 12-state Midwest region.

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