2002Final results
2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 40
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Bill Belanger (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Ray Heinonen (D) by 13.8 points.
Bill BelangerRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.9%17,838
Ray HeinonenDemocrat
43.1%13,498
31,336 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