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2012Final results

2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 41

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Barb Goodwin (D) won with 62.8% of the vote, defeating Gina Bauman (R) by 25.9 points.

Barb GoodwinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.8%25,842
Gina BaumanRepublican
37.0%15,200
41,135 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+22.82002R+26.72006R+12.92010D+25.92012D+22.32016D+33.92020

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