2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 56
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Ted Lillie (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Kathy Saltzman (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted LillieRepublican · winner
51.5%19,850
Kathy SaltzmanDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%18,668
38,549 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