2002Final results
2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 13
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dean Johnson (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Joe Gimse (R) by 7.9 points.
Dean JohnsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.9%17,240
Joe GimseRepublican
46.1%14,730
31,970 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET