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2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 3
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Bob Lessard (Ind) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Ronald Dicklich (D) by 8.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob LessardIndependent · winner · incumbent
54.3%17,631
Ronald DicklichDemocrat
45.7%14,835
32,466 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