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1996Final results

1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 35

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Claire Robling (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Berg (D) by 15.3 points.

Claire RoblingRepublican · winner
57.7%19,631
Jim BergDemocrat
42.3%14,409
34,040 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

EvenR+22.41986R+19.01990R+2.21992R+15.31996R+41.62000R+35.22002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET