2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota House District 12A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
John Ward (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Paul Gazelka (R) by 9.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John WardDemocrat · winner
54.6%8,987
Paul GazelkaRepublican · incumbent
45.4%7,460
16,447 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET