2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 16
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dave Brown (R) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Lisa A. Fobbe (D) by 14.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave BrownRepublican · winner
57.4%20,480
Lisa A. FobbeDemocrat · incumbent
42.5%15,164
35,691 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