2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Minnesota Senate District 13
Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota
Joe Gimse (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Dean Johnson (D) by 1.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe GimseRepublican · winner
50.9%16,222
Dean JohnsonDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%15,669
31,891 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET