2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 15
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
John Pederson (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Bruce Hentges (D) by 1.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John PedersonRepublican · winner
50.8%13,495
Bruce HentgesDemocrat
49.1%13,035
26,573 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