Minnesota House District 56A

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Robert Bierman Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

Robert BiermanDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win on file

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Robert Bierman (D) 61.2, Angela Zorn (R) 38.7

A.J. ProspectRepublican

Last election: Robert Bierman (Democratic) won by 22.5 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Races won and lost: 2-0; None on file
Years since first win on file: 4; Not available

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Robert BiermanIncumbentDemocratic
A.J. ProspectRepublican

Source: electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov, dated Oct 28

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History (29 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 22,461
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert BiermanWon	Democratic	13,75061.2%	61.2%
RepublicanAngela Zorn	Republican	8,68738.7%	38.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	240.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,970
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert BiermanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,78660.0%	60.0%
RepublicanJoe Landru	Republican	7,16839.9%	39.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	160.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,510
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJessica HansonWon	Democratic	13,16651.6%	51.6%
RepublicanPam Myhra	Republican	12,31648.3%	48.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	280.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,502
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHunter CantrellWon	Democratic	10,81352.7%	52.7%
RepublicanDrew Christensen(incumbent)	Republican	9,66247.1%	47.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	270.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,566
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDrew ChristensenWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,06956.0%	56.0%
DemocraticJared Christiansen	Democratic	9,46643.9%	43.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	310.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,435
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDrew ChristensenWon	Republican	7,49855.8%	55.8%
DemocraticDan Kimmel	Democratic	5,91344.0%	44.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	240.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,221
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPam MyhraWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,90553.9%	53.9%
DemocraticDavid John Jensen	Democratic	9,27845.9%	45.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	380.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,453
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKathy LohmerWon	Republican	9,16649.7%	49.7%
DemocraticJulie Bunn(incumbent)	Democratic	8,25944.8%	44.8%
IndependentJim Martin	Independent	1,0185.5%	5.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	100.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,657
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulie BunnWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,96352.8%	52.8%
RepublicanKathy Lohmer	Republican	10,69447.2%	47.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,184
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulie BunnWon	Democratic	9,21450.7%	50.7%
RepublicanMichael Charron(incumbent)	Republican	8,97049.3%	49.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,590
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike CharronWon	Republican	11,42452.9%	52.9%
DemocraticMarc Kimball	Democratic	10,16647.1%	47.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,402
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEric LipmanWon(incumbent)	Republican	9,56552.0%	52.0%
DemocraticMike Redmond	Democratic	8,83748.0%	48.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,672
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMark HolstenWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,75057.6%	57.6%
DemocraticJoan M. Beaver	Democratic	7,92242.4%	42.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,692
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMark HolstenWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,74964.4%	64.4%
DemocraticPaul A. Hetland	Democratic	5,94335.6%	35.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,862
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMark HolstenWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,94364.9%	64.9%
DemocraticStan Narusiewicz	Democratic	5,91935.1%	35.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,979
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMark HolstenWon(incumbent)	Republican	9,29762.1%	62.1%
DemocraticJan Kohout	Democratic	5,68237.9%	37.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,568
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMark HolstenWon	Republican	9,15752.1%	52.1%
DemocraticShawn Draper	Democratic	8,41147.9%	47.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,725
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJeff HansonWon	Democratic	10,04550.9%	50.9%
RepublicanKen Dunlap	Republican	9,68049.1%	49.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,138
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLen PriceWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,86456.1%	56.1%
RepublicanKen Dunlap	Republican	9,27443.9%	43.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,524
Election day: November 4, 1986
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLen PriceWon(incumbent)	Democratic	6,52262.0%	62.0%
RepublicanBarb Long	Republican	4,00238.0%	38.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,688
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLen PriceWon(incumbent)	Democratic	8,85856.5%	56.5%
RepublicanPaul Jahnke	Republican	6,83043.5%	43.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,557
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLen PriceWon	Democratic	6,96151.4%	51.4%
RepublicanDianne Northrup	Republican	6,59648.6%	48.6%

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRandy StatenWon	Democratic	5,219100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,110
Election day: November 7, 1978
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. CasserlyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	3,16577.0%	77.0%
RepublicanSamuel A. Faulk	Republican	94523.0%	23.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,007
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. CasserlyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,91681.8%	81.8%
RepublicanGail J. Douglass	Republican	1,09118.2%	18.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,038
Election day: November 4, 1974
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames R. CasserlyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,46781.2%	81.2%
RepublicanSamuel A. Faulk	Republican	57118.8%	18.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,216
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanJames R. CasserlyWon	Other	3,26052.5%	52.5%
NonpartisanRandy Staten	Other	2,95647.5%	47.5%

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanD. H. SillersWon(incumbent)	Other	6,921100.0%	100.0%

Minnesota House of Representatives District 56A, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
NonpartisanDouglas H. SillersWon(incumbent)	Other	8,414100.0%	100.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:mn/sldl:56a

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