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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in Minnesota

David Durenberger (Republican) beat Skip Humphrey (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1988, 56.2% to 40.9%, a margin of 15.3 points and 319,516 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1982, when Dave Durenberger also won.

Republicans led in 77 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Hennepin, cast 537,050 votes and went to the Republican by 19.5 points. The closest was Lac Qui Parle, where 29 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
David Durenberger won Republican 1,176,210 56.2%
Skip Humphrey Democratic 856,694 40.9%
All other candidates 60,634 2.9%
Total2,093,538

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 202,792 37.8% 307,424 57.2% 26,834 537,050 R+19.5
Ramsey 102,811 44.0% 119,758 51.3% 10,947 233,516 R+7.3
Dakota 45,215 36.3% 76,305 61.3% 2,869 124,389 R+25.0
Anoka 46,610 43.8% 57,607 54.1% 2,235 106,452 R+10.3
St. Louis 58,939 57.8% 41,168 40.3% 1,926 102,033 D+17.4
Washington 26,244 39.4% 38,731 58.1% 1,716 66,691 R+18.7
Stearns 18,452 35.6% 32,306 62.3% 1,104 51,862 R+26.7
Olmsted 14,671 39.2% 21,784 58.2% 972 37,427 R+19.0
Wright 12,133 40.9% 17,008 57.4% 497 29,638 R+16.4
Scott 8,272 33.3% 16,108 64.8% 464 24,844 R+31.5
Otter Tail 8,897 36.0% 15,496 62.7% 329 24,722 R+26.7
Blue Earth 9,362 37.9% 14,835 60.1% 503 24,700 R+22.2
Clay 8,754 40.2% 12,820 58.9% 189 21,763 R+18.7
Carver 6,483 30.3% 14,493 67.8% 405 21,381 R+37.5
Rice 8,379 39.3% 11,913 55.9% 1,030 21,322 R+16.6
Winona 7,810 36.8% 12,958 61.1% 429 21,197 R+24.3
Crow Wing 8,724 41.3% 12,096 57.3% 285 21,105 R+16.0
Itasca 9,655 49.6% 9,621 49.4% 195 19,471 D+0.2
Mower 10,383 54.1% 8,504 44.3% 318 19,205 D+9.8
Goodhue 7,455 39.0% 11,361 59.4% 300 19,116 R+20.4
Kandiyohi 7,783 43.8% 9,713 54.7% 271 17,767 R+10.9
Sherburne 6,546 39.6% 9,679 58.6% 300 16,525 R+19.0
Freeborn 7,883 48.1% 8,351 51.0% 139 16,373 R+2.9
Polk 6,523 44.1% 8,155 55.1% 113 14,791 R+11.0
Beltrami 6,115 42.4% 8,024 55.7% 279 14,418 R+13.2
Chisago 6,685 47.0% 7,270 51.2% 254 14,209 R+4.1
Douglas 5,191 37.3% 8,563 61.5% 160 13,914 R+24.2
McLeod 4,933 35.5% 8,816 63.4% 158 13,907 R+27.9
Nicollet 4,964 35.9% 8,559 61.9% 295 13,818 R+26.0
Steele 4,818 35.1% 8,726 63.6% 166 13,710 R+28.5
Carlton 7,736 56.5% 5,784 42.2% 171 13,691 D+14.3
Morrison 5,507 41.4% 7,647 57.4% 160 13,314 R+16.1
Becker 5,209 40.9% 7,392 58.0% 143 12,744 R+17.1
Brown 4,425 36.1% 7,679 62.7% 141 12,245 R+26.6
Benton 5,036 41.6% 6,870 56.8% 187 12,093 R+15.2
Lyon 4,817 40.9% 6,725 57.0% 247 11,789 R+16.2
Isanti 5,206 45.2% 6,112 53.0% 211 11,529 R+7.9
Cass 4,474 40.1% 6,554 58.7% 142 11,170 R+18.6
Le Sueur 4,486 40.7% 6,389 58.0% 136 11,011 R+17.3
Martin 4,113 37.7% 6,662 61.1% 128 10,903 R+23.4
Todd 4,350 40.2% 6,359 58.8% 105 10,814 R+18.6
Meeker 3,859 39.6% 5,763 59.1% 128 9,750 R+19.5
Pine 4,751 49.8% 4,642 48.6% 154 9,547 D+1.1
Nobles 4,658 49.2% 4,720 49.9% 85 9,463 R+0.7
Fillmore 3,208 34.6% 5,951 64.1% 126 9,285 R+29.5
Wabasha 3,358 36.2% 5,812 62.6% 114 9,284 R+26.4
Renville 3,855 43.0% 5,021 56.0% 86 8,962 R+13.0
Faribault 3,297 37.1% 5,498 61.9% 84 8,879 R+24.8
Houston 3,156 35.9% 5,533 62.9% 110 8,799 R+27.0
Mille Lacs 3,749 44.4% 4,550 53.9% 138 8,437 R+9.5
Redwood 2,907 34.5% 5,425 64.4% 97 8,429 R+29.9
Waseca 3,045 36.3% 5,167 61.6% 172 8,384 R+25.3
Hubbard 2,824 36.5% 4,789 62.0% 117 7,730 R+25.4
Sibley 2,797 39.9% 4,132 59.0% 77 7,006 R+19.1
Aitkin 3,390 48.6% 3,482 49.9% 105 6,977 R+1.3
Koochiching 3,184 46.7% 3,573 52.4% 60 6,817 R+5.7
Dodge 2,328 34.9% 4,217 63.2% 125 6,670 R+28.3
Chippewa 2,928 44.3% 3,596 54.4% 86 6,610 R+10.1
Cottonwood 2,623 39.9% 3,849 58.5% 104 6,576 R+18.6
Yellow Medicine 3,038 48.1% 3,198 50.6% 78 6,314 R+2.5
Wadena 2,284 36.2% 3,945 62.5% 84 6,313 R+26.3
Roseau 2,386 38.3% 3,793 60.9% 45 6,224 R+22.6
Pennington 2,758 45.1% 3,318 54.3% 38 6,114 R+9.2
Jackson 2,765 46.1% 3,183 53.1% 48 5,996 R+7.0
Swift 3,194 54.5% 2,619 44.7% 47 5,860 D+9.8
Marshall 2,603 44.6% 3,206 54.9% 29 5,838 R+10.3
Lake 3,337 57.4% 2,378 40.9% 100 5,815 D+16.5
Pope 2,608 45.0% 3,120 53.8% 73 5,801 R+8.8
Kanabec 2,574 45.8% 2,971 52.9% 74 5,619 R+7.1
Stevens 2,229 40.7% 3,161 57.8% 81 5,471 R+17.0
Watonwan 2,139 39.1% 3,274 59.9% 54 5,467 R+20.8
Rock 2,205 42.3% 2,959 56.8% 46 5,210 R+14.5
Murray 2,518 48.4% 2,652 51.0% 35 5,205 R+2.6
Pipestone 2,224 42.8% 2,946 56.7% 30 5,200 R+13.9
Lac Qui Parle 2,497 49.9% 2,468 49.3% 43 5,008 D+0.6
Norman 1,948 48.8% 2,025 50.7% 21 3,994 R+1.9
Grant 1,730 46.8% 1,931 52.2% 37 3,698 R+5.4
Clearwater 1,586 44.2% 1,957 54.5% 47 3,590 R+10.3
Big Stone 1,868 52.8% 1,635 46.3% 32 3,535 D+6.6
Lincoln 1,670 48.3% 1,755 50.8% 33 3,458 R+2.5
Wilkin 1,200 34.8% 2,237 64.9% 11 3,448 R+30.1
Kittson 1,508 49.0% 1,553 50.5% 17 3,078 R+1.5
Traverse 1,183 47.4% 1,300 52.1% 12 2,495 R+4.7
Mahnomen 1,148 48.2% 1,221 51.2% 15 2,384 R+3.1
Red Lake 1,119 51.1% 1,059 48.3% 13 2,191 D+2.7
Cook 871 40.0% 1,251 57.5% 55 2,177 R+17.5
Lake Of The Woods 746 41.2% 1,050 58.0% 15 1,811 R+16.8

Counties as they stood in 1988; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+15.7
2020 Tina Smith (D) D+5.2
2018 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+24.1
2014 Al Franken (D) D+10.2
2012 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+34.7
2008 Al Franken (D) level
2006 Amy Klobuchar (D) D+20.1
2002 Norm Coleman (R) R+2.2
2000 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.5
1996 Paul Wellstone (D) D+9.0
1994 Rod Grams (R) R+5.0
1990 Paul David Wellstone (D) D+2.6
1988 David Durenberger (R) R+15.3
1984 Rudy Boschwitz (R) R+16.8
1982 Dave Durenberger (R) R+6.0
1978 Rudolph E. Boschwitz (R) R+16.2
1976 Hubert H. Humphrey (D) D+42.5
1972 Walter Mondale (D) D+13.8
1970 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+16.1
1966 Walter Mondale (D) D+8.7
1964 Eugene McCarthy (D) D+21.1
1960 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+15.3
1958 Eugene McCarthy (D) D+6.3
1954 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+14.3
1952 Edward J. Thye (R) R+14.1
1948 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+20.3
1946 Edward J. Thye (R) R+19.1
1942 Joseph H. Ball (R) R+36.6
1940 Henrik Shipstead (R) R+32.4
1936 Ernest Lundeen (other)
1934 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1930 Thomas D. Schall (R) R+1.5
1928 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1924 Thomas D. Schall (R) R+40.0
1922 Henrik Shipstead (other)
1918 Knute Nelson (R) R+60.0
1916 Frank Kellogg (R) R+17.7