2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 40
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dan Hall (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating John Doll (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dan HallRepublican · winner
51.0%14,852
John DollDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%14,242
29,132 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