2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 38B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Doug Wardlow (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Mike Obermueller (D) by 4.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Doug WardlowRepublican · winner
52.0%8,323
Mike ObermuellerDemocrat · incumbent
48.0%7,680
16,016 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