2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 42A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Kirk Stensrud (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Maria Ruud (D) by 0.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kirk StensrudRepublican · winner
50.3%8,689
Maria RuudDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%8,582
17,281 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