2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 51
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Pam Wolf (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Don Betzold (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pam WolfRepublican · winner
52.6%17,002
Don BetzoldDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%15,301
32,345 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