2002Final results
2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 30
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Sheila Kiscaden (Ind) won with 41.6% of the vote, defeating Lynn H. Zaffke (R) by 2.6 points.
Sheila KiscadenIndependent · winner · incumbent
41.6%12,388
Lynn H. ZaffkeRepublican
39.0%11,616
Rich WrightDemocrat
19.3%5,758
29,762 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