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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 44A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Betty Folliard (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Rob Samuelsen (R) by 4.0 points.

Betty FolliardDemocrat · winner
52.0%8,179
Rob SamuelsenRepublican
48.0%7,554
15,733 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+14.01990D+12.41992D+8.41994D+4.01996D+6.21998D+12.82000

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