1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Minnesota House District 9B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Robert Westfall (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating John Young Jr. (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert WestfallRepublican · winner
51.0%7,932
John Young Jr.Democrat
49.0%7,611
15,543 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