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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 50B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Kathy Tingelstad (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Betsy Oberry (D) by 5.4 points.

Kathy TingelstadRepublican · winner
52.7%10,085
Betsy OberryDemocrat
47.3%9,046
19,131 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+9.71990R+10.21992R+31.51994R+5.41996R+29.11998R+24.82000

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