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2012Final results

2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 54

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Katie Sieben (D) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Janis Quinlan (R) by 27.7 points.

Katie SiebenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.8%26,998
Janis QuinlanRepublican
36.1%15,256
42,318 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+13.82002D+24.22006D+13.12010D+27.72012D+6.42016D+5.82020

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