1996Final results
1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 1
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Leroy Stumpf (D) won with 69.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Rust (R) by 39.6 points.
Leroy StumpfDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.8%19,913
Bill RustRepublican
30.2%8,623
28,536 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