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2012Final results

2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 62

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Jeff Hayden (D) won with 86.8% of the vote, defeating Eric Blair (Ind) by 74.1 points.

Jeff HaydenDemocrat · winner
86.8%27,516
Eric BlairIndependent
12.7%4,025
31,686 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+55.52000D+42.92002D+62.82006D+59.52010D+76.32016D+78.42020

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