2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 27
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Grace Schwab (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Pat Piper (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Grace SchwabRepublican · winner
52.7%16,697
Pat PiperDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%14,971
31,668 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