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2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2012 election for Minnesota House District 14B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Zachary "Zach" Dorholt (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating King Banaian (R) by 12.7 points.

Zachary "Zach" DorholtDemocrat · winner
56.2%10,017
King BanaianRepublican · incumbent
43.5%7,749
17,819 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+14.82006D+34.32008D+10.42010D+12.72012R+0.62014R+2.72016

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET