1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for Minnesota Senate District 66
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Ellen Anderson (D) won with 70.4% of the vote, defeating Mark Wiens (R) by 40.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ellen AndersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.4%17,776
Mark WiensRepublican
29.6%7,476
25,252 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