The 2012 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the Senate of the 88th and 89th Minnesota Legislatures . A primary election was held in several districts on August 14, 2012.
2012 Minnesota Senate election ← 2010 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06 ) 2016 →
Minnesota Senate Majority party Minority party Leader Tom Bakk Dave Senjem Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since November 4, 2010 December 27, 2011 Leader's seat 3rd–Cook 25th–Rochester Last election 30 seats, 48.91% 37 seats, 49.72% Seats won 39 28 Seat change Popular vote 1,532,065 1,193,356 Percentage 55.83% 43.49% Swing pp pp
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota .[1] 2010 election , its first since the return of partisan elections to the Senate in 1976. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.
Primary election results District Party Candidates Votes % 1 Republican Steve Nordhagen 1,574 72.77 Jual Carlson 589 27.23 DFL LeRoy Stumpf 3,218 100.00 5 Republican John Carlson 2,654 100.00 DFL Tom Saxhaug 3,981 72.39 Laverne Pederson 1,518 27.61 10 Republican Carrie Ruud 2,350 100.00 DFL Taylor Stevenson 2,873 57.38 Anne Marcotte 2,134 42.62 13 Republican Michelle Fischbach 1,484 90.27 Fadumo Yusuf 160 9.73 DFL Peggy Boeck 765 100.00 15 Republican Dave Brown 1,725 100.00 DFL Sally Knox 1,183 62.56 Ron Thiessen 708 37.44 17 Republican Joe Gimse 1,490 100.00 DFL Lyle Koenen 3,019 57.20 Larry Rice 2,259 42.80 20 Republican Mike Dudley 2,590 86.62 Gene Thomas Kornder 400 13.38 DFL Kevin Dahle 2,323 100.00 30 Republican Mary Kiffmeyer 1,620 73.44 Paul Bolin 586 26.56 DFL Paul Perovich 806 100.00 33 Republican David Osmek 2,885 50.94 Connie Doepke 2,778 49.06 DFL Judy Rogosheske 1,187 100.00 39 Republican Karin Housley 1,941 67.26 Eric Michael Langness 945 32.74 DFL Julie Bunn 2,235 100.00 40 DFL Chris Eaton 2,005 81.01 Timothy Davis 470 18.99 45 Republican Blair Tremere 978 54.36 Timothy Hall 821 45.64 DFL Ann Rest 3,851 100.00 46 Republican Paul Scofield 544 56.43 Roger Champagne 420 43.57 DFL Ron Latz 3,205 100.00 47 Republican Julianne Ortman 2,114 58.43 Bruce Schwichtenberg 1,504 41.57 DFL James Weygand 824 100.00 55 Republican Eric Pratt 1,666 100.00 DFL Kathy Busch 1,059 87.52 Josh Ondich 151 12.48 57 Republican Pat Hall 1,937 100.00 DFL Greg Clausen 1,456 78.66 Mike Germain 395 21.34 64 Republican Sharon Anderson 632 100.00 DFL Dick Cohen 5,797 89.43 Alexander Jeffries 685 10.57 67 Republican Mike Capistrant 425 100.00 DFL Foung Hawj 2,142 44.21 Robert Humphrey 1,897 39.15 Tom Dimond 806 16.64
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [2]
General election Opinion polling Polling firm/client Polling period Sample Margin ofpp ) Republican DFL Independence Other Undecided SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV November 1–3, 2012 556 LV ±4.2 40% 48% 6% 6% 1% SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 26–28, 2012 574 LV ±4.2 40% 45% 8% 6% 1% SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV October 12–14, 2012 550 LV ±4.3 36% 45% 8% 3% 9% Public Policy Polling October 5–8, 2012 937 LV ±3.2 40% 52% — — 8% Public Policy Polling September 10–11, 2012 824 LV ±3.4 44% 47% — — 9% SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV September 6–9, 2012 551 LV ±4.3 38% 45% 6% 3% 9% SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV July 17–19, 2012 552 LV ±4.3 40% 45% 8% 2% 6% Public Policy Polling May 31 – June 3, 2012 973 ±3.1 36% 48% — — 16% Public Policy Polling January 21–22, 2012 1,236 ±2.8 39% 48% — — 14% Public Policy Polling 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine May 27–30, 2011 1,179 ±2.9 40% 49% — — 11%
Results Districts won Summary of the November 6, 2012 Minnesota Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats No. % ∆pp No. ∆No. % Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 67 1,532,065 55.83 39 58.21 Republican Party of Minnesota 63 1,193,356 43.49 28 41.79 Independence Party of Minnesota 2 6,102 0.22 0 0.00 Independent 1 5,196 0.19 0 0.00 Write-in N/A 7,251 0.26 0 0.00 Total 2,743,970 100.00 ±0.00 67 ±0 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 206,810 7.01 Turnout (out of 3,861,043 eligible voters)[3] 2,950,780 76.42 Source: Minnesota Secretary of State ,[4] [5]
District results District Candidates Party Votes % Winner 1 LeRoy Stumpf DFL 22,298 60.59 DFL Steve Nordhagen Republican 14,475 39.33 2 Rod Skoe DFL 21,269 54.92 DFL Dennis Moser Republican 17,423 44.99 3 Tom Bakk DFL 28,427 64.59 DFL Jennifer Havlick Republican 15,509 35.24 4 Kent Eken DFL 19,833 52.17 DFL Phil Hansen Republican 18,132 47.70 5 Tom Saxhaug DFL 21,301 52.33 DFL John Carlson Republican 19,362 47.56 6 David Tomassoni DFL 30,882 71.58 DFL Brandon Anderson Republican 12,220 28.32 7 Roger Reinert DFL 32,684 76.90 DFL Tyler Verry Republican 9,621 22.64 8 Bill Ingebrigtsen Republican 22,693 52.86 Republican Dan Skogen DFL 20,197 47.04 9 Paul Gazelka Republican 20,527 53.65 Republican Al Doty DFL 17,687 46.22 10 Carrie Ruud Republican 22,848 53.88 Republican Taylor Stevenson DFL 19,490 45.96 11 Tony Lourey DFL 24,342 64.22 DFL Bill Saumer Republican 13,505 35.63 12 Torrey Westrom Republican 25,279 61.49 Republican John Schultz DFL 15,801 38.44 13 Michelle Fischbach Republican 26,015 63.53 Republican Peggy Boeck DFL 14,871 36.32 14 John Pederson Republican 19,351 52.47 Republican Jerry McCarter DFL 17,434 47.27 15 Dave Brown Republican 21,917 56.55 Republican Sally Knox DFL 16,787 43.31 16 Gary Dahms Republican 20,922 53.01 Republican Ted Suss DFL 18,496 46.87 17 Lyle Koenen DFL 21,621 55.40 DFL Joe Gimse Republican 17,350 44.46 18 Scott Newman Republican 22,556 58.15 Republican Steven Schiroo DFL 16,180 41.71 19 Kathy Sheran DFL 33,291 97.52 DFL 20 Kevin Dahle DFL 20,627 50.02 DFL Mike Dudley Republican 20,556 49.85 21 Matt Schmit DFL 21,937 52.43 DFL John Howe Republican 19,846 47.44 22 Bill Weber Republican 19,548 52.76 Republican Alan Oberloh DFL 17,457 47.11 23 Julie Rosen Republican 25,838 63.97 Republican Paul Marquardt DFL 14,516 35.94 24 Vicki Jensen DFL 19,248 52.60 DFL Vern Swedin Republican 17,286 47.23 25 Dave Senjem Republican 22,299 53.72 Republican Judy Ohly DFL 19,149 46.13 26 Carla Nelson Republican 22,263 55.62 Republican Kenneth Moen DFL 17,692 44.20 27 Dan Sparks DFL 26,552 68.22 DFL Linden Anderson Republican 12,334 31.69 28 Jeremy Miller Republican 23,122 57.12 Republican Jack Krage DFL 17,303 42.74 29 Bruce Anderson Republican 24,486 60.56 Republican Brian Doran DFL 15,867 39.25 30 Mary Kiffmeyer Republican 25,205 62.41 Republican Paul Perovich DFL 15,125 37.45 31 Michelle Benson Republican 24,774 58.64 Republican Mike Starr DFL 17,423 41.24 32 Sean Nienow Republican 21,955 54.25 Republican Jeske Noordergraaf DFL 18,450 45.59 33 David Osmek Republican 28,195 58.92 Republican Judy Rogosheske DFL 19,547 40.85 34 Warren Limmer Republican 25,847 57.04 Republican Sharon Bahensky DFL 19,406 42.83 35 Branden Petersen Republican 22,874 54.21 Republican Peter Perovich DFL 19,253 45.63 36 John Hoffman DFL 22,194 53.10 DFL Benjamin Kruse Republican 19,522 46.71 37 Alice Johnson DFL 22,814 53.23 DFL Pam Wolf Republican 19,962 46.57 38 Roger Chamberlain Republican 23,817 53.22 Republican Timothy Henderson DFL 20,849 46.59 39 Karin Housley Republican 23,385 50.62 Republican Julie Bunn DFL 22,754 49.25 40 Chris Eaton DFL 25,165 96.93 DFL 41 Barb Goodwin DFL 25,842 62.82 DFL Gina Bauman Republican 15,200 36.95 42 Bev Scalze DFL 25,607 55.57 DFL April King Republican 20,400 44.27 43 Chuck Wiger DFL 26,767 62.25 DFL Duane Johnson Republican 16,137 37.53 44 Terri Bonoff DFL 27,203 55.81 DFL David Gaither Republican 21,464 44.04 45 Ann Rest DFL 28,608 65.45 DFL Blair Tremere Republican 15,036 34.40 46 Ron Latz DFL 29,755 66.82 DFL Paul Scofield Republican 14,680 32.97 47 Julianne Ortman Republican 27,128 63.76 Republican James Weygand DFL 15,297 35.96 48 David Hann Republican 23,730 51.32 Republican Laurie McKendry DFL 22,459 48.58 49 Melisa Franzen DFL 26,893 52.74 DFL Keith Downey Republican 24,045 47.15 50 Melissa Halvorson Wiklund DFL 25,300 60.85 DFL Vern Wilcox Republican 16,193 38.95 51 Jim Carlson DFL 23,969 53.09 DFL Ted Daley Republican 21,096 46.73 52 James Metzen DFL 27,149 62.00 DFL Dwight Rabuse Republican 16,542 37.78 53 Susan Kent DFL 22,781 52.13 DFL Ted Lillie Republican 20,857 47.73 54 Katie Sieben DFL 26,998 63.80 DFL Janis Quinlan Republican 15,256 36.05 55 Eric Pratt Republican 22,254 55.11 Republican Kathy Busch DFL 18,070 44.75 56 Dan Hall Republican 22,226 53.92 Republican Leon Thurman DFL 18,922 45.90 57 Greg Clausen DFL 23,890 54.09 DFL Pat Hall Republican 20,199 45.73 58 Dave Thompson Republican 24,097 57.60 Republican Andrew Brobston DFL 17,686 42.28 59 Bobby Joe Champion DFL 28,441 82.02 DFL Jim Lilly Republican 6,082 17.54 60 Kari Dziedzic DFL 29,014 77.06 DFL Mark Lazarchic Republican 6,400 17.00 Rahn Workcuff Independence 2,077 5.52 61 Scott Dibble DFL 41,075 98.08 DFL 62 Jeff Hayden DFL 27,516 86.84 DFL Eric Blair Independence 4,025 12.70 63 Patricia Torres Ray DFL 36,866 80.81 DFL Patrick Marron Republican 8,636 18.93 64 Dick Cohen DFL 33,008 69.67 DFL Sharon Anderson Republican 9,069 19.14 Scott Larson Independent 5,196 10.97 65 Sandy Pappas DFL 27,365 81.72 DFL Rick Karschnia Republican 5,998 17.91 66 John Marty DFL 27,735 73.82 DFL Wayde Brooks Republican 9,718 25.87 67 Foung Hawj DFL 21,630 72.46 DFL Mike Capistrant Republican 8,094 27.11
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For Minnesota s 2012 U S Senate election see 2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota The 2012 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U S state of Minnesota on November 6 2012 to elect members to the Senate of the 88th and 89th Minnesota Legislatures A primary election was held in several districts on August 14 2012 2012 Minnesota Senate election 2010 November 6 2012 2012 11 06 2016 All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate34 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Tom Bakk Dave SenjemParty Democratic DFL RepublicanLeader since November 4 2010 December 27 2011Leader s seat 3rd Cook 25th RochesterLast election 30 seats 48 91 37 seats 49 72 Seats won 39 28Seat change 9 9Popular vote 1 532 065 1 193 356Percentage 55 83 43 49 Swing 6 92 pp 6 23 ppMajority Leader before electionDave SenjemRepublican Elected Majority Leader Tom BakkDemocratic DFL The Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party DFL won a majority of seats defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota 1 This was the first election for the Republicans since it won a majority of seats in the 2010 election its first since the return of partisan elections to the Senate in 1976 The new Legislature convened on January 8 2013 Contents 1 Primary election results 2 General election 2 1 Opinion polling 2 2 Results 2 3 District results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPrimary election results EditDistrict Party Candidates Votes 1 Republican Steve Nordhagen 1 574 72 77Jual Carlson 589 27 23DFL LeRoy Stumpf 3 218 100 005 Republican John Carlson 2 654 100 00DFL Tom Saxhaug 3 981 72 39Laverne Pederson 1 518 27 6110 Republican Carrie Ruud 2 350 100 00DFL Taylor Stevenson 2 873 57 38Anne Marcotte 2 134 42 6213 Republican Michelle Fischbach 1 484 90 27Fadumo Yusuf 160 9 73DFL Peggy Boeck 765 100 0015 Republican Dave Brown 1 725 100 00DFL Sally Knox 1 183 62 56Ron Thiessen 708 37 4417 Republican Joe Gimse 1 490 100 00DFL Lyle Koenen 3 019 57 20Larry Rice 2 259 42 8020 Republican Mike Dudley 2 590 86 62Gene Thomas Kornder 400 13 38DFL Kevin Dahle 2 323 100 0030 Republican Mary Kiffmeyer 1 620 73 44Paul Bolin 586 26 56DFL Paul Perovich 806 100 0033 Republican David Osmek 2 885 50 94Connie Doepke 2 778 49 06DFL Judy Rogosheske 1 187 100 0039 Republican Karin Housley 1 941 67 26Eric Michael Langness 945 32 74DFL Julie Bunn 2 235 100 0040 DFL Chris Eaton 2 005 81 01Timothy Davis 470 18 9945 Republican Blair Tremere 978 54 36Timothy Hall 821 45 64DFL Ann Rest 3 851 100 0046 Republican Paul Scofield 544 56 43Roger Champagne 420 43 57DFL Ron Latz 3 205 100 0047 Republican Julianne Ortman 2 114 58 43Bruce Schwichtenberg 1 504 41 57DFL James Weygand 824 100 0055 Republican Eric Pratt 1 666 100 00DFL Kathy Busch 1 059 87 52Josh Ondich 151 12 4857 Republican Pat Hall 1 937 100 00DFL Greg Clausen 1 456 78 66Mike Germain 395 21 3464 Republican Sharon Anderson 632 100 00DFL Dick Cohen 5 797 89 43Alexander Jeffries 685 10 5767 Republican Mike Capistrant 425 100 00DFL Foung Hawj 2 142 44 21Robert Humphrey 1 897 39 15Tom Dimond 806 16 64Source Minnesota Secretary of State 2 General election EditOpinion polling Edit Polling firm client Polling period Samplesize Margin oferror pp Republican DFL Independence Other UndecidedSurveyUSA KSTP TV November 1 3 2012 556 LV 4 2 40 48 6 6 1 SurveyUSA KSTP TV October 26 28 2012 574 LV 4 2 40 45 8 6 1 SurveyUSA KSTP TV October 12 14 2012 550 LV 4 3 36 45 8 3 9 Public Policy Polling October 5 8 2012 937 LV 3 2 40 52 8 Public Policy Polling September 10 11 2012 824 LV 3 4 44 47 9 SurveyUSA KSTP TV September 6 9 2012 551 LV 4 3 38 45 6 3 9 SurveyUSA KSTP TV July 17 19 2012 552 LV 4 3 40 45 8 2 6 Public Policy Polling May 31 June 3 2012 973 3 1 36 48 16 Public Policy Polling January 21 22 2012 1 236 2 8 39 48 14 Public Policy Polling Archived 2013 05 12 at the Wayback Machine May 27 30 2011 1 179 2 9 40 49 11 Results Edit Districts wonSummary of the November 6 2012 Minnesota Senate election results Party Candidates Votes SeatsNo pp No No Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party 67 1 532 065 55 83 6 92 39 9 58 21Republican Party of Minnesota 63 1 193 356 43 49 6 23 28 9 41 79Independence Party of Minnesota 2 6 102 0 22 0 47 0 0 00Independent 1 5 196 0 19 0 12 0 0 00Write in N A 7 251 0 26 0 07 0 0 00Total 2 743 970 100 00 0 00 67 0 100 00Invalid blank votes 206 810 7 01 3 78Turnout out of 3 861 043 eligible voters 3 2 950 780 76 42 20 59Source Minnesota Secretary of State 4 Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 5 District results Edit District Candidates Party Votes WinnerParty1 LeRoy Stumpf DFL 22 298 60 59 DFLSteve Nordhagen Republican 14 475 39 332 Rod Skoe DFL 21 269 54 92 DFLDennis Moser Republican 17 423 44 993 Tom Bakk DFL 28 427 64 59 DFLJennifer Havlick Republican 15 509 35 244 Kent Eken DFL 19 833 52 17 DFLPhil Hansen Republican 18 132 47 705 Tom Saxhaug DFL 21 301 52 33 DFLJohn Carlson Republican 19 362 47 566 David Tomassoni DFL 30 882 71 58 DFLBrandon Anderson Republican 12 220 28 327 Roger Reinert DFL 32 684 76 90 DFLTyler Verry Republican 9 621 22 648 Bill Ingebrigtsen Republican 22 693 52 86 RepublicanDan Skogen DFL 20 197 47 049 Paul Gazelka Republican 20 527 53 65 RepublicanAl Doty DFL 17 687 46 2210 Carrie Ruud Republican 22 848 53 88 RepublicanTaylor Stevenson DFL 19 490 45 9611 Tony Lourey DFL 24 342 64 22 DFLBill Saumer Republican 13 505 35 6312 Torrey Westrom Republican 25 279 61 49 RepublicanJohn Schultz DFL 15 801 38 4413 Michelle Fischbach Republican 26 015 63 53 RepublicanPeggy Boeck DFL 14 871 36 3214 John Pederson Republican 19 351 52 47 RepublicanJerry McCarter DFL 17 434 47 2715 Dave Brown Republican 21 917 56 55 RepublicanSally Knox DFL 16 787 43 3116 Gary Dahms Republican 20 922 53 01 RepublicanTed Suss DFL 18 496 46 8717 Lyle Koenen DFL 21 621 55 40 DFLJoe Gimse Republican 17 350 44 4618 Scott Newman Republican 22 556 58 15 RepublicanSteven Schiroo DFL 16 180 41 7119 Kathy Sheran DFL 33 291 97 52 DFL20 Kevin Dahle DFL 20 627 50 02 DFLMike Dudley Republican 20 556 49 8521 Matt Schmit DFL 21 937 52 43 DFLJohn Howe Republican 19 846 47 4422 Bill Weber Republican 19 548 52 76 RepublicanAlan Oberloh DFL 17 457 47 1123 Julie Rosen Republican 25 838 63 97 RepublicanPaul Marquardt DFL 14 516 35 9424 Vicki Jensen DFL 19 248 52 60 DFLVern Swedin Republican 17 286 47 2325 Dave Senjem Republican 22 299 53 72 RepublicanJudy Ohly DFL 19 149 46 1326 Carla Nelson Republican 22 263 55 62 RepublicanKenneth Moen DFL 17 692 44 2027 Dan Sparks DFL 26 552 68 22 DFLLinden Anderson Republican 12 334 31 6928 Jeremy Miller Republican 23 122 57 12 RepublicanJack Krage DFL 17 303 42 7429 Bruce Anderson Republican 24 486 60 56 RepublicanBrian Doran DFL 15 867 39 2530 Mary Kiffmeyer Republican 25 205 62 41 RepublicanPaul Perovich DFL 15 125 37 4531 Michelle Benson Republican 24 774 58 64 RepublicanMike Starr DFL 17 423 41 2432 Sean Nienow Republican 21 955 54 25 RepublicanJeske Noordergraaf DFL 18 450 45 5933 David Osmek Republican 28 195 58 92 RepublicanJudy Rogosheske DFL 19 547 40 8534 Warren Limmer Republican 25 847 57 04 RepublicanSharon Bahensky DFL 19 406 42 8335 Branden Petersen Republican 22 874 54 21 RepublicanPeter Perovich DFL 19 253 45 6336 John Hoffman DFL 22 194 53 10 DFLBenjamin Kruse Republican 19 522 46 7137 Alice Johnson DFL 22 814 53 23 DFLPam Wolf Republican 19 962 46 5738 Roger Chamberlain Republican 23 817 53 22 RepublicanTimothy Henderson DFL 20 849 46 5939 Karin Housley Republican 23 385 50 62 RepublicanJulie Bunn DFL 22 754 49 2540 Chris Eaton DFL 25 165 96 93 DFL41 Barb Goodwin DFL 25 842 62 82 DFLGina Bauman Republican 15 200 36 9542 Bev Scalze DFL 25 607 55 57 DFLApril King Republican 20 400 44 2743 Chuck Wiger DFL 26 767 62 25 DFLDuane Johnson Republican 16 137 37 5344 Terri Bonoff DFL 27 203 55 81 DFLDavid Gaither Republican 21 464 44 0445 Ann Rest DFL 28 608 65 45 DFLBlair Tremere Republican 15 036 34 4046 Ron Latz DFL 29 755 66 82 DFLPaul Scofield Republican 14 680 32 9747 Julianne Ortman Republican 27 128 63 76 RepublicanJames Weygand DFL 15 297 35 9648 David Hann Republican 23 730 51 32 RepublicanLaurie McKendry DFL 22 459 48 5849 Melisa Franzen DFL 26 893 52 74 DFLKeith Downey Republican 24 045 47 1550 Melissa Halvorson Wiklund DFL 25 300 60 85 DFLVern Wilcox Republican 16 193 38 9551 Jim Carlson DFL 23 969 53 09 DFLTed Daley Republican 21 096 46 7352 James Metzen DFL 27 149 62 00 DFLDwight Rabuse Republican 16 542 37 7853 Susan Kent DFL 22 781 52 13 DFLTed Lillie Republican 20 857 47 7354 Katie Sieben DFL 26 998 63 80 DFLJanis Quinlan Republican 15 256 36 0555 Eric Pratt Republican 22 254 55 11 RepublicanKathy Busch DFL 18 070 44 7556 Dan Hall Republican 22 226 53 92 RepublicanLeon Thurman DFL 18 922 45 9057 Greg Clausen DFL 23 890 54 09 DFLPat Hall Republican 20 199 45 7358 Dave Thompson Republican 24 097 57 60 RepublicanAndrew Brobston DFL 17 686 42 2859 Bobby Joe Champion DFL 28 441 82 02 DFLJim Lilly Republican 6 082 17 5460 Kari Dziedzic DFL 29 014 77 06 DFLMark Lazarchic Republican 6 400 17 00Rahn Workcuff Independence 2 077 5 5261 Scott Dibble DFL 41 075 98 08 DFL62 Jeff Hayden DFL 27 516 86 84 DFLEric Blair Independence 4 025 12 7063 Patricia Torres Ray DFL 36 866 80 81 DFLPatrick Marron Republican 8 636 18 9364 Dick Cohen DFL 33 008 69 67 DFLSharon Anderson Republican 9 069 19 14Scott Larson Independent 5 196 10 9765 Sandy Pappas DFL 27 365 81 72 DFLRick Karschnia Republican 5 998 17 9166 John Marty DFL 27 735 73 82 DFLWayde Brooks Republican 9 718 25 8767 Foung Hawj DFL 21 630 72 46 DFLMike Capistrant Republican 8 094 27 11See also EditMinnesota House of Representatives election 2012 Minnesota gubernatorial election 2010 Minnesota elections 2012References Edit Brooks Jennifer November 7 2012 DFLers end GOP control in Legislature after two years Star Tribune Retrieved November 30 2012 Results for All State Senate Races Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved February 18 2014 Minnesota election statistics 1950 2014 PDF Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved August 13 2016 permanent dead link Results for All State Senate Races Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved December 6 2012 Party Control of the Minnesota Senate 1951 present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Retrieved December 6 2012 External links EditColor shaded map showing winning margin by district PDF from 2012 Election Maps Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Minnesota Senate election amp oldid 1121598101, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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