1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Minnesota Senate District 12
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dallas Sams (D) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Don Anderson (R) by 16.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dallas SamsDemocrat · winner
58.3%14,313
Don AndersonRepublican · incumbent
41.7%10,247
24,560 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET