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2002Final results

2002 election for Minnesota Senate District 66

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Ellen Anderson (D) won with 72.8% of the vote, defeating Jeff Carnes (R) by 45.7 points.

Ellen AndersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.8%18,648
Jeff CarnesRepublican
27.2%6,956
25,604 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+38.81990D+40.81996D+49.72000D+45.72002D+56.32006D+52.62010

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