Electoral History
| 2002 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 1,116,697 | 49.53% | +8.25% | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 1,067,246 | 47.34% | -2.98% | |
| Independence | Jim Moore | 45,139 | 2.00% | -4.98% | |
| Democratic | Paul Wellstone* | 11,381 | 0.50% | n/a | |
| Majority | 49,451 | 2.19% | |||
| 1996 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Paul Wellstone (inc.) | 1,098,430 | 50.32% | -0.12% | |
| Republican | Rudy Boschwitz | 901,194 | 41.28% | -6.53% | |
| Reform | Dean Barkley | 152,328 | 6.98% | n/a | |
| Majority | 197,236 | 9.04% | |||
| 1990 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Paul Wellstone | 911,999 | 50.44% | +9% | |
| Republican | Rudy Boschwitz (inc.) | 864,375 | 47.81% | -10% | |
| Majority | 47,624 | 2.63% | |||
| 1982 Minnesota State Auditor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Arne Carlson | 55% | |||
| Democratic | Paul Wellstone | 45% | |||
| Majority | 10% | ||||
*Wellstone won the Democratic primary in 2002, but was replaced by Mondale after his death. Absentee ballots that had already been cast did not count towards Mondale's totals.
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