2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota House District 56B
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Andrea Kieffer (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Marsha Swails (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Andrea KiefferRepublican · winner
53.1%10,778
Marsha SwailsDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%9,494
20,291 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