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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 29

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Steve Murphy (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Peter T. Poncelet (R) by 12.8 points.

Steve MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.4%19,790
43.6%15,313
35,103 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+16.31990D+10.91992D+17.31996D+12.82000R+28.12002R+22.12006

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