2012 Minnesota Senate election

2012 Minnesota Senate election
November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
  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 9 9
Popular vote 1,532,065 1,193,356
Percentage 55.83% 43.49%
Swing 6.92 pp 6.23 pp
Majority Leader before election

Dave Senjem
Republican

 Elected Majority Leader

Tom Bakk
Democratic (DFL)

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. 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.

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