Electoral History
| 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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