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2000Final results

2000 election for Minnesota Senate District 8

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Becky Lourey (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Dennis Janssen (R) by 33.4 points.

Becky LoureyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%24,459
Dennis JanssenRepublican
33.3%12,198
36,657 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

EvenR+8.71990D+46.01992D+38.41996D+33.42000D+24.02002D+15.22006

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