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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota House District 7A

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Willard Munger (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Brad Bennett (Ind) by 19.7 points.

Willard MungerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.6%8,398
Brad BennettIndependent
36.8%5,469
6.6%983
14,850 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+61.71986D+62.71988D+31.71992D+27.21994D+34.31998D+49.72000

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