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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 6

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Douglas Johnson (D) won with 69.8% of the vote, defeating Harry R. Welty (R) by 39.6 points.

Douglas JohnsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.8%26,801
Harry R. WeltyRepublican
30.2%11,598
38,399 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+35.71996D+39.62000D+43.02006D+26.02010D+43.32012D+25.62016

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