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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 1B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Tim Finseth (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Don Sherrick (D) by 17.3 points.

Tim FinsethRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.7%7,983
Don SherrickDemocrat
41.3%5,627
13,610 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

EvenD+34.01984D+34.11992R+13.11994R+17.31996R+12.51998R+8.22000

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