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2002Final results

2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 11

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Dallas Sams (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating George Cassell (R) by 8.8 points.

Dallas SamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.4%18,609
George CassellRepublican
45.6%15,609
34,218 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+23.61992D+21.21996D+16.62000D+8.82002R+2.72006R+30.12010

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