2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota Senate District 38
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jim Carlson (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Mike McGinn (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim CarlsonDemocrat · winner
53.6%16,916
Mike McGinnRepublican · incumbent
46.4%14,622
31,538 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