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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 30B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Dave Bishop (R) won with 77.5% of the vote, defeating Tom Viken (Ref) by 55.0 points.

Dave BishopRepublican · winner · incumbent
77.5%9,313
Tom VikenReform
22.5%2,706
12,019 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+31.21986D+2.81988R+7.01990R+47.11994R+33.01998R+3.62000

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