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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 65

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Sandy Pappas (D) won with 76.3% of the vote, defeating Fred Meyer (R) by 52.5 points.

Sandy PappasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.3%17,106
Fred MeyerRepublican
23.7%5,325
22,431 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+48.91990D+50.71992D+56.51996D+52.52000D+59.22006D+53.12010

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