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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 24A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

John Dorn (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Harry Petersen (R) by 28.1 points.

John DornDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%9,010
Harry PetersenRepublican
35.9%5,053
14,063 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+22.01990D+30.01992D+14.21994D+28.11996D+16.91998D+28.42000

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