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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 11

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Dallas Sams (D) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Wayne Hoffert (R) by 16.6 points.

Dallas SamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.3%19,037
Wayne HoffertRepublican
41.7%13,615
32,652 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+15.51990D+23.61992D+21.21996D+16.62000D+8.82002R+2.72006

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