1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 13
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Charles Berg (Oth) won with 40.3% of the vote, defeating Brent Waddell (D) by 0.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles BergOther party · winner · incumbent
40.3%12,999
Brent WaddellDemocrat
39.7%12,806
Bill FlifletRepublican
20.0%6,454
32,259 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