Electoral History
| 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DFL | Al Franken | 1,212,629 | 41.991 % | -5.35 % | |
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 1,212,317 | 41.984 % | -7.55 % | |
| Independence | Dean Barkley | 437,505 | 15.153 % | +13.15 % | |
| Libertarian | Charles Aldrich | 13,923 | 0.482 % | n/a | |
| Constitution | James Niemackl | 8,907 | 0.308 % | +0.21 % | |
| Write-ins | 2,365 | 0.082 % | |||
| Margin of victory | 312 | 0.007% | |||
| Turnout | 2,887,337 | 100% | +28 % | ||
| 2002 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 1,116,697 | 49.53% | +8.25% | |
| DFL | Walter Mondale | 1,067,246 | 47.34% | -2.98% | |
| Independence | Jim Moore | 45,139 | 2.00% | -4.98% | |
| DFL | Paul Wellstone | 11,381 | 0.50% | ||
| Green | Ray Tricomo | 10,119 | 0.45% | ||
| Minnesota Gubernatorial Election 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Reform | Jesse Ventura | 768,356 | 37 | ||
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 713,410 | 34 | ||
| DFL | Hubert Humphrey III | 581,497 | 28 | ||
| St. Paul Mayoral Election 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 58.7 | |||
| DFL | Sandy Pappas | 40.8 | |||
| St. Paul Mayoral Election 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DFL | Norm Coleman | 54.7 | |||
| DFL | Andy Dawkins | 44.3 | |||
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