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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota House District 27B

Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota

Robert J. Leighton (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Jeff Anderson (R) by 3.3 points.

Robert J. LeightonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.7%8,114
Jeff AndersonRepublican
48.3%7,594
15,708 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+27.91994D+43.91996D+41.31998D+3.32000R+2.52002D+3.22004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET