2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 28
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
John Howe (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Fricke (D) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John HoweRepublican · winner
55.0%16,706
Joe FrickeDemocrat
44.9%13,649
30,381 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