2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 30B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Mike Benson (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Andy Welti (D) by 4.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike BensonRepublican · winner
52.4%9,692
Andy WeltiDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%8,802
18,511 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET