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2012Final results

2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 45

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Ann Rest (D) won with 65.5% of the vote, defeating Blair Tremere (R) by 31.1 points.

Ann RestDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.5%28,608
Blair TremereRepublican
34.4%15,036
43,707 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

EvenD+19.32002D+28.72006D+17.32010D+31.12012D+27.62016D+31.42020

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