2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 53A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Linda Runbeck (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Paul Gardner (D) by 12.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Linda RunbeckRepublican · winner
56.3%10,131
Paul GardnerDemocrat · incumbent
43.6%7,851
17,993 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