1996 Minnesota Senate election

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Minnesota Senate election, 1996
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Roger Moe Dean Johnson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Leader since1980November 10, 1992
Leader's seat2nd–Erskine 15th–Willmar
Last election45 seats22 seats
Seats before4125
Seats won4224
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,129,095934,906
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1996 Minnesota Senate seats won by party.svg
Majority Leader before election

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Majority Leader

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

The 1996 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to the Senate of the 80th and 81st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 10, 1996.

Contents

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1997.

The Independent-Republican Party had changed its name back to the Republican Party on September 23, 1995.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 1996 Minnesota Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.∆No. %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 671,129,09542Increase2.svg162.69
Republican Party of Minnesota 65934,90624Decrease2.svg135.82
Reform Party of Minnesota 815,2890Steady2.svg0.00
Libertarian Party of Minnesota 43,5420Steady2.svg0.00
Grassroots Party of Minnesota 12,3890Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 319,8351Steady2.svg1.49
Total67±0100.00
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters) [1] 2,211,16166.61%Decrease2.svg7.30 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 13, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Election Results 1996" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 42–48. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
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