2012Final results
2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 27
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dan Sparks (D) won with 68.2% of the vote, defeating Linden Anderson (R) by 36.5 points.
Dan SparksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.2%26,552
Linden AndersonRepublican
31.7%12,334
38,922 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