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2012Final results

2012 election for Minnesota House District 52B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Joe Atkins (D) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Paul Tuschy (R) by 32.2 points.

Joe AtkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.0%14,493
Paul TuschyRepublican
33.8%7,430
21,952 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

EvenR+3.72006R+11.32008R+21.12010D+32.22012D+29.02014R+0.62016

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