2012Final results
2012 election for Minnesota House District 45A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Lyndon Carlson (D) won with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Jeff Pauley (R) by 19.3 points.
Lyndon CarlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.6%12,520
Jeff PauleyRepublican
40.3%8,459
21,012 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET