2012Final results
2012 election for Minnesota Senate District 65
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sandy Pappas (D) won with 81.7% of the vote, defeating Rick Karschnia (R) by 63.8 points.
Sandy PappasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.7%27,365
Rick KarschniaRepublican
17.9%5,998
33,487 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