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1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Minnesota House District 52B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Geri Evans (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Dick Pellow (R) by 7.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Geri EvansDemocrat · winner
51.3%7,934
Dick PellowRepublican · incumbent
43.7%6,761
William HelgesonOther party
5.1%783
15,478 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+11.01990D+0.81992R+7.01994D+7.61996R+5.51998D+1.72000

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