2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota Senate District 11
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Bill Ingebrigtsen (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Dallas Sams (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill IngebrigtsenRepublican · winner
51.4%17,699
Dallas SamsDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%16,765
34,464 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