2012Final results
2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 50
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Melissa Wiklund (D) won with 60.9% of the vote, defeating Vern Wilcox (R) by 21.9 points.
Melissa WiklundDemocrat · winner
60.9%25,300
Vern WilcoxRepublican
38.9%16,193
41,576 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