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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 38A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Tim Commers (R) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Dick Bonin (D) by 11.7 points.

Tim CommersRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.9%9,989
Dick BoninDemocrat
44.1%7,890
17,879 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+39.91990R+5.71992R+23.81994R+11.71996R+12.31998R+8.62000

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