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2012 Minnesota Senate election

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 Minnesota Senate election
country	Minnesota
flag_year	1983
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2010 Minnesota Senate election
previous_year	2010
next_election	2016 Minnesota Senate election
next_year	2016
election_date
seats_for_election	All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
majority_seats	34
image1	File:TomBakk cropped.JPG
image_size	150x150px
leader1	Tom Bakk
party1	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
leader_since1	November 4, 2010
leaders_seat1	3rd–Cook
last_election1	30 seats, 48.91%
seats1	39
seat_change1	9
popular_vote1	1,532,065
percentage1	55.83%
swing1	6.92 pp
image2	File:2016Senjem (cropped).jpg
leader2	Dave Senjem
party2	Republican Party of Minnesota
leader_since2	December 27, 2011
leaders_seat2	25th–Rochester
last_election2	37 seats, 49.72%
seats2	28
seat_change2	9
popular_vote2	1,193,356
percentage2	43.49%
swing2	6.23 pp
map_image	{{Switcher
map_caption	Results:
Vote share:

title	Majority Leader
before_election	Dave Senjem
before_party	Republican Party of Minnesota
after_election	Tom Bakk
after_party	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| [[File:2012 Minnesota Senate seats gains and holds.svg|300px]] | Results by gains and holds | [[File:2012 Minnesota Senate election results by voteshare.svg|300px]] | Results by winning party vote share}}

Vote share:

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.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Republican Party of Minnesota.

The new Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.

Special elections

District 59

A special election was held on January 12, 2012 to fill Senate district 59, which had been vacated by the resignation of DFLer Larry Pogemiller, who had been appointed to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. DFL nominee Kari Dziedzic defeated Republican Ben Schwanke by a wide margin.

District 20

A special election was held on April 20, 2012 to fill Senate district 20, which had been vacated by the death of DFLer Gary Kubly. DFL nominee Lyle Koenen defeated Republican Gregg Kulberg by a 14-point margin.

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

General election

Opinion polling

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing	October 24, 2012

Results

Districts won

Party	Candidates	Votes	Seats	No.	%	∆pp	No.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	67	1,532,065	55.83	6.92	39	9	58.21
Republican Party of Minnesota	63	1,193,356	43.49	6.23	28	9	41.79
Independence Party of Minnesota	2	6,102	0.22	0.47	0		0.00
Independent	1	5,196	0.19	0.12	0		0.00
Write-in	N/A	7,251	0.26	0.07	0		0.00
Total	2,743,970	100.00	±0.00	67	±0	100.00
Invalid/blank votes	206,810	7.01	3.78
Turnout (out of 3,861,043 eligible voters)	2,950,780	76.42	20.59
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

District results

District	Candidates	Party	Votes	%	Winner
Party
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

References

Brooks, Jennifer. (November 7, 2012). "DFLers end GOP control in Legislature after two years". [[Star Tribune]].
(December 7, 2011). "Results for State Senator District 59".
(January 12, 2012). "Results for State Senator District 59".
(April 3, 2012). "Results for State Senator District 20".
(April 20, 2012). "Results for State Senator District 20".
"Results for All State Senate Races". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
Daigneau, Elizabeth. (2012-10-23). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections".
(April 2019). "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
"Results for All State Senate Races". [[Minnesota Secretary of State]].
"Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

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