2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 51
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Jim Carlson (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Ted Daley (R) by 6.4 points.
Jim CarlsonDemocrat · winner
53.1%23,969
Ted DaleyRepublican · incumbent
46.7%21,096
45,144 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