2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 47
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Benjamin Kruse (R) won with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Leo Foley (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Benjamin KruseRepublican · winner
49.8%14,990
Leo FoleyDemocrat · incumbent
44.8%13,466
Andrew KratoskaIndependent
5.3%1,606
30,081 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