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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 49B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Luanne S. Koskinen (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Eldon Warkentin (R) by 7.4 points.

Luanne S. KoskinenDemocrat · winner
53.7%7,608
Eldon WarkentinRepublican
46.3%6,562
14,170 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+22.61988D+23.41992D+19.11994D+7.41996D+1.21998D+9.12000

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