2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 15
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dean Johnson (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Diane Vlach (R) by 16.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dean JohnsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.2%17,965
Diane VlachRepublican
41.8%12,920
30,885 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET