2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 53
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Roger Chamberlain (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Sandy Rummel (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Roger ChamberlainRepublican · winner
52.7%18,394
Sandy RummelDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%16,483
34,910 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