1996Final results
1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 65
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sandy Pappas (D) won with 78.3% of the vote, defeating Michael J. Gubash (R) by 56.5 points.
Sandy PappasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.3%16,346
Michael J. GubashRepublican
21.7%4,542
20,888 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