2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 38
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Ted Daley (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Carlson (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted DaleyRepublican · winner
51.7%15,801
Jim CarlsonDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%14,718
30,540 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