DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2020
Melisa Franzen
Last held office: Minnesota State Senate, District 49 (2012–2024). Ran in 3 elections between 2012 and 2020, winning 3.
- Last margin
- +25.6
- Won 2020
- Elections
- 3
- 2012–2020
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Franzen was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Franzen has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Franzen won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Minnesota State Senate, District 49 | General | Won | Julie Dupre (R) | 62.8% | D+25.6 | D+23.6 | |
| 2016 | Minnesota State Senate, District 49 | General | Won | Mike Lehmann (R) | 54.5% | D+9.1 | D+23.6 | |
| 2012 | Minnesota State Senate, District 49 | General | Won | Keith Downey (R) | 52.7% | D+5.6 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Franzen has held
- Minnesota State Senate, District 49 · 2012–2024
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Franzen has run against
- Julie Dupre (R) · 2020 election, won
- Mike Lehmann (R) · 2016 election, won
- Keith Downey (R) · 2012 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive