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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 61

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Linda Berglin (D) won with 86.9% of the vote, defeating Steve Braa (R) by 73.9 points.

Linda BerglinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
86.9%16,589
Steve BraaRepublican
13.1%2,495
19,084 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+45.91990D+68.91992D+70.81996D+73.92000D+62.22002D+74.92006

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