1996 Minnesota Senate election

Minnesota Senate election, 1996

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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Roger Moe | Dean Johnson
Party  | Democratic (DFL) | Republican
Leader since  | 1980  | November 10, 1992
Leader's seat  | 2nd–Erskine | 15th–Willmar
Last election  | 45 seats  | 22 seats
Seats before  | 41  | 25
Seats won  | 42  | 24
Seat change  | 1  | 1
Popular vote  | 1,129,095  | 934,906

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Districts by margins of victory

Districts by party won

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| Majority Leader before election

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

| Elected Majority Leader

Roger Moe
Democratic (DFL)

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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.

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

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Summary of the November 5, 1996 Minnesota Senate election results  Party  | Candidates  | Votes  | Seats

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No. | ∆No. | %
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 67  | 1,129,095  | 42  | 1  | 62.69
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 65  | 934,906  | 24  | 1  | 35.82
| Reform Party of Minnesota | 8  | 15,289  | 0  |  | 0.00
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 4  | 3,542  | 0  |  | 0.00
| Grassroots Party of Minnesota | 1  | 2,389  | 0  |  | 0.00
| Independent | 3  | 19,835  | 1  |  | 1.49
Total | 67 | ±0 | 100.00
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters)[1] | 2,211,161  | 66.61%  | 7.30 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

## See also

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* Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1996
* Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994

## References

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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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