Electoral History
2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
DFL | Al Franken | 1,212,629 | 41.994% | −5.35% | |
Republican | Norm Coleman | 1,212,317 | 41.983% | −7.55% | |
Independence | Dean Barkley | 437,505 | 15.151% | +13.15% | |
Libertarian | Charles Aldrich | 13,923 | 0.482% | N/A | |
Constitution | James Niemackl | 8,907 | 0.308% | +0.209% | |
Write-ins | 2,365 | 0.082% | |||
Margin of victory | 312 | 0.011% | |||
Turnout | 2,887,646 |
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