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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 17A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Leroy Koppendrayer (R) won with 61.4% of the vote, defeating Roy Carlson (D) by 22.7 points.

Leroy KoppendrayerRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.4%9,240
Roy CarlsonDemocrat
38.6%5,815
15,055 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+10.11990R+5.41992R+37.51994R+22.71996R+7.71998R+23.42000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET