1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Minnesota House District 50A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Kathleen Sekhon (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Tom Hackbarth (R) by 0.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kathleen SekhonDemocrat · winner
50.4%8,337
Tom HackbarthRepublican · incumbent
49.6%8,203
16,540 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET