2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 3B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Carolyn McElfatrick (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Loren Solberg (D) by 2.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carolyn McElfatrickRepublican · winner
51.2%8,516
Loren SolbergDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%8,107
16,638 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