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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 39

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

James Metzen (D) won with 65.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry McQuillan (R) by 30.2 points.

James MetzenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.1%23,229
Jerry McQuillanRepublican
34.9%12,465
35,694 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+17.11990D+7.81992D+19.61996D+30.22000D+16.32002D+28.12006

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