2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 27
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Dan Sparks (D) won with 45.6% of the vote, defeating Grace Schwab (R) by 0.0 points.
Dan SparksDemocrat · winner
45.6%15,091
Grace SchwabRepublican · incumbent
45.5%15,084
Terry KelleyIndependent
8.9%2,950
33,125 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