1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Minnesota State Senate election results, district by district

Every Minnesota State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 67 seats

After the electionD 42 · R 24 · 1 other
Races67
Changed party4
Unopposed3%2 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 42 · R 24 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Leroy Stumpf (D)39.6
SD-2Roger Moe (D)21.1
SD-3Bob Lessard (D)Unopposed
SD-4David J. Teneyck (D)1.6
SD-5Jerry Janezich (D)50.6
SD-6Douglas Johnson (D)35.7
SD-7Sam Solon (D)37.6
SD-8Becky Lourey (D)38.4
SD-9Keith Langseth (D)20.9
SD-10Cal Larson (R)10.1
SD-11Dallas Sams (D)21.2
SD-12Don Samuelson (D)6.5
SD-13Charles Berg (OTH)0.6Flipped
SD-14Michelle Fischbach (R)2.9Flipped
SD-15Dean Johnson (R)14.3
SD-16Dave Kleis (R)7.4
SD-17Dan Stevens (R)8.3
SD-18Janet Johnson (D)11.2
SD-19Mark N. Ourada (R)11.8Flipped
SD-20Steve Dille (R)24.3
SD-21Arlene Lesewski (R)9.4
SD-22Jim Vickerman (D)Unopposed
SD-23Dennis Frederickson (R)31.6
SD-24John Hottinger (D)18.1
SD-25Tom Neuville (R)14.6
SD-26Tracy Beckman (D)27.2
SD-27Pat Piper (D)14.5
SD-28Dick Day (R)38.6
SD-29Steve Murphy (D)17.3
SD-30Sheila Kiscaden (R)39.0
SD-31Kenric Scheevel (R)24.9
SD-32Steven Morse (D)23.3
SD-33Warren Limmer (R)27.7
SD-34Gen Olson (R)34.7
SD-35Claire Robling (R)15.3
SD-36Dave Knutson (R)15.1
SD-37Patricia Pariseau (R)17.5
SD-38Deanna Wiener (D)3.3
SD-39James Metzen (D)19.6
SD-40David W. Johnson (D)11.6
SD-41Bill Belanger (R)23.7
SD-42Roy Terwilliger (R)44.7
SD-43Edward Oliver (R)19.5
SD-44Steve Kelley (D)15.0
SD-45Martha Robertson (R)24.6
SD-46Ember Reichgott Junge (D)24.6
SD-47Linda Scheid (D)8.4
SD-48Don Betzold (D)14.2
SD-49Leo Foley (D)12.1
SD-50Paula E. Hanson (D)11.4
SD-51Jane Krentz (D)5.5
SD-52Steven G. Novak (D)15.7
SD-53Linda Runbeck (R)19.1
SD-54John Marty (D)23.5
SD-55Charles Wiger (D)21.5
SD-56Gary Laidig (R)14.1
SD-57Len Price (D)26.0
SD-58Linda Higgins (D)56.2
SD-59Lawrence Pogemiller (D)39.8
SD-60Allan Spear (D)43.7
SD-61Linda Berglin (D)70.8
SD-62Carol Flynn (D)50.8
SD-63Jane Ranum (D)28.8
SD-64Dick Cohen (D)28.2
SD-65Sandy Pappas (D)56.5
SD-66Ellen Anderson (D)40.8Flipped
SD-67Randy Kelly (D)41.1

Minnesota State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner