1996Final results
1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 11
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dallas Sams (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Wayne Hoffert (R) by 21.2 points.
Dallas SamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%18,549
Wayne HoffertRepublican
39.4%12,050
30,599 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