2012 general · November 6, 2012

2012 Minnesota State Senate election results, district by district

Every Minnesota State Senate district in the 2012 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 67 seats

After the electionD 39 · R 28
Races67
Changed party0
Unopposed4%3 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 39 · R 28

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Leroy Stumpf (D)21.3
SD-2Rod Skoe (D)9.9
SD-3Thomas Bakk (D)29.4
SD-4Kent Eken (D)4.5
SD-5Tom Saxhaug (D)4.8Incumbent lost
SD-6David J. Tomassoni (D)43.3
SD-7Roger J. Reinert (D)54.3
SD-8Bill Ingebrigtsen (R)5.8
SD-9Paul Gazelka (R)7.4
SD-10Carrie Ruud (R)7.9
SD-11Tony Lourey (D)28.6
SD-12Torrey Westrom (R)23.1
SD-13Michelle Fischbach (R)27.2
SD-14John Pederson (R)5.2
SD-15Dave Brown (R)13.2
SD-16Gary Dahms (R)6.1
SD-17Lyle Koenen (D)10.9Incumbent lost
SD-18Scott Newman (R)16.4
SD-19Kathy Sheran (D)Unopposed
SD-20Kevin L. Dahle (D)0.2
SD-21Matt Schmit (D)5.0Incumbent lost
SD-22Bill Weber (R)5.6
SD-23Julie Rosen (R)28.0
SD-24Vicki Jensen (D)5.4
SD-25David H. Senjem (R)7.6
SD-26Carla Nelson (R)11.4
SD-27Dan Sparks (D)36.5
SD-28Jeremy Miller (R)14.4
SD-29Bruce D. Anderson (R)21.3
SD-30Mary Kiffmeyer (R)25.0
SD-31Michelle Benson (R)17.4
SD-32Sean Nienow (R)8.7
SD-33David Osmek (R)18.1
SD-34Warren Limmer (R)14.2
SD-35Branden Petersen (R)8.6
SD-36John Hoffman (D)6.4Incumbent lost
SD-37Alice Johnson (D)6.7Incumbent lost
SD-38Roger Chamberlain (R)6.6
SD-39Karin Housley (R)1.4
SD-40Chris Eaton (D)Unopposed
SD-41Barb Goodwin (D)25.9
SD-42Bev Scalze (D)11.3
SD-43Charles Wiger (D)24.7
SD-44Terri Bonoff (D)11.8
SD-45Ann Rest (D)31.1
SD-46Ron Latz (D)33.9
SD-47Julianne Ortman (R)27.8
SD-48David Hann (R)2.7
SD-49Melisa Franzen (D)5.6
SD-50Melissa Wiklund (D)21.9
SD-51Jim Carlson (D)6.4Incumbent lost
SD-52James Metzen (D)24.2
SD-53Susan Kent (D)4.4Incumbent lost
SD-54Katie Sieben (D)27.7
SD-55Eric Pratt (R)10.4
SD-56Dan Hall (R)8.0
SD-57Greg Clausen (D)8.4
SD-58Dave Thompson (R)15.3
SD-59Bobby Joe Champion (D)64.5
SD-60Kari Dziedzic (D)60.1
SD-61Scott Dibble (D)Unopposed
SD-62Jeff Hayden (D)74.1
SD-63Patricia Torres Ray (D)61.9
SD-64Dick Cohen (D)50.5
SD-65Sandy Pappas (D)63.8
SD-66John Marty (D)48.0
SD-67Foung Hawj (D)45.3

Minnesota State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner