2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Minnesota House District 12A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Jeff Backer (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Jay McNamar (D) by 3.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jeff BackerRepublican · winner
51.8%8,725
Jay McNamarDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%8,065
16,828 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET