2010Final results
2010 election for Minnesota Senate District 65
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sandy Pappas (D) won with 71.9% of the vote, defeating Rick Karschnia (R) by 53.1 points.
Sandy PappasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.9%13,312
Rick KarschniaRepublican
18.9%3,490
Amy E. SmithIndependent
9.1%1,680
18,509 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