2000Final results
2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 47
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Linda Scheid (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Walt Filson (R) by 27.7 points.
Linda ScheidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.9%16,470
Walt FilsonRepublican
36.1%9,315
25,785 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