2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota Senate District 53
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sandy Rummel (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Mady Reiter (R) by 6.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Sandy RummelDemocrat · winner
53.1%19,179
Mady ReiterRepublican · incumbent
46.9%16,914
36,093 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