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2008 US Senate election in Minnesota

Al Franken (Democrat) beat Norm Coleman (Republican) in Minnesota in 2008, 41.99% to 41.98%, a margin of 0.01 points and 312 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 2002 it went Republican, for Norm Coleman.

Republicans led in 63 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 24. The largest, Hennepin, cast 657,534 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.0 points. The closest was Grant, where 14 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
Al Franken won Democratic 1,212,629 42.0%
Norm Coleman Republican 1,212,317 42.0%
Dean Barkley Independence 437,505 15.2%
All other candidates 25,195 0.9%
Total2,887,646

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 329,616 50.1% 237,712 36.2% 90,206 657,534 D+14.0
Ramsey 142,251 51.8% 92,952 33.9% 39,161 274,364 D+18.0
Dakota 85,298 38.1% 102,701 45.9% 35,886 223,885 R+7.8
Anoka 66,800 36.9% 82,308 45.5% 31,959 181,067 R+8.6
Washington 50,562 37.2% 63,804 46.9% 21,669 136,035 R+9.7
Saint Louis 64,531 54.6% 38,320 32.4% 15,274 118,125 D+22.2
Stearns 26,161 33.5% 36,224 46.4% 15,693 78,078 R+12.9
Olmsted 28,589 37.9% 35,334 46.9% 11,453 75,376 R+8.9
Scott 20,693 31.0% 33,839 50.8% 12,145 66,677 R+19.7
Wright 18,664 28.6% 32,999 50.6% 13,556 65,219 R+22.0
Carver 14,102 28.6% 26,968 54.7% 8,256 49,326 R+26.1
Sherburne 13,405 30.0% 22,887 51.2% 8,425 44,717 R+21.2
Crow Wing 13,025 37.3% 16,107 46.1% 5,773 34,905 R+8.8
Blue Earth 14,483 41.7% 13,660 39.4% 6,561 34,704 D+2.4
Otter Tail 10,740 33.1% 17,199 52.9% 4,551 32,490 R+19.9
Rice 13,680 43.5% 12,061 38.4% 5,683 31,424 D+5.2
Chisago 9,833 33.7% 13,768 47.2% 5,547 29,148 R+13.5
Clay 12,067 41.9% 13,032 45.2% 3,732 28,831 R+3.3
Winona 12,761 46.8% 11,318 41.5% 3,164 27,243 D+5.3
Goodhue 9,242 36.0% 11,176 43.5% 5,257 25,675 R+7.5
Itasca 11,544 47.6% 9,263 38.2% 3,435 24,242 D+9.4
Beltrami 10,033 45.6% 9,454 43.0% 2,515 22,002 D+2.6
Kandiyohi 8,007 36.8% 10,246 47.0% 3,531 21,784 R+10.3
Douglas 6,856 33.0% 10,077 48.4% 3,868 20,801 R+15.5
Isanti 6,557 32.9% 9,564 48.0% 3,821 19,942 R+15.1
Steele 6,552 33.5% 8,647 44.2% 4,353 19,552 R+10.7
Benton 6,485 33.8% 8,473 44.1% 4,249 19,207 R+10.4
Mower 9,093 47.8% 6,844 36.0% 3,089 19,026 D+11.8
McLeod 5,496 29.2% 9,093 48.3% 4,251 18,840 R+19.1
Carlton 9,521 51.9% 6,099 33.3% 2,718 18,338 D+18.7
Nicollet 7,384 40.8% 7,237 40.0% 3,460 18,081 D+0.8
Freeborn 7,432 43.4% 6,566 38.4% 3,121 17,119 D+5.1
Becker 6,016 35.7% 8,437 50.0% 2,410 16,863 R+14.4
Morrison 5,424 32.5% 7,826 46.9% 3,430 16,680 R+14.4
Cass 5,888 36.3% 7,685 47.4% 2,644 16,217 R+11.1
Polk 5,926 39.1% 7,353 48.6% 1,861 15,140 R+9.4
Le Sueur 5,270 35.2% 6,321 42.2% 3,393 14,984 R+7.0
Pine 6,016 41.9% 5,683 39.6% 2,646 14,345 D+2.3
Brown 4,435 32.7% 6,329 46.7% 2,790 13,554 R+14.0
Mille Lacs 4,801 35.7% 5,852 43.5% 2,809 13,462 R+7.8
Lyon 4,410 35.0% 6,089 48.3% 2,119 12,618 R+13.3
Meeker 3,870 31.0% 5,697 45.6% 2,936 12,503 R+14.6
Todd 4,177 34.3% 5,536 45.5% 2,462 12,175 R+11.2
Wabasha 4,466 37.8% 4,959 41.9% 2,405 11,830 R+4.2
Hubbard 4,024 34.8% 5,751 49.7% 1,797 11,572 R+14.9
Fillmore 4,630 41.6% 4,772 42.9% 1,729 11,131 R+1.3
Houston 4,597 43.1% 5,027 47.1% 1,050 10,674 R+4.0
Martin 3,589 33.8% 5,108 48.2% 1,910 10,607 R+14.3
Dodge 3,384 33.4% 4,771 47.1% 1,970 10,125 R+13.7
Waseca 3,261 33.1% 4,229 42.9% 2,371 9,861 R+9.8
Aitkin 3,893 41.6% 3,617 38.6% 1,849 9,359 D+2.9
Nobles 3,534 40.5% 4,192 48.1% 998 8,724 R+7.5
Kanabec 2,980 35.2% 3,745 44.3% 1,729 8,454 R+9.0
Renville 2,909 35.9% 3,275 40.4% 1,929 8,113 R+4.5
Faribault 2,911 35.9% 3,599 44.4% 1,595 8,105 R+8.5
Redwood 2,454 31.6% 3,642 47.0% 1,661 7,757 R+15.3
Sibley 2,158 28.0% 3,499 45.4% 2,053 7,710 R+17.4
Roseau 2,421 31.7% 4,394 57.5% 825 7,640 R+25.8
Wadena 2,294 32.1% 3,683 51.5% 1,175 7,152 R+19.4
Lake 3,549 51.4% 2,432 35.3% 918 6,899 D+16.2
Pennington 2,595 38.5% 3,239 48.1% 902 6,736 R+9.6
Koochiching 3,090 45.9% 2,847 42.3% 788 6,725 D+3.6
Pope 2,559 39.2% 2,749 42.1% 1,216 6,524 R+2.9
Chippewa 2,559 40.5% 2,419 38.3% 1,344 6,322 D+2.2
Cottonwood 2,131 35.4% 2,770 46.0% 1,116 6,017 R+10.6
Jackson 2,145 38.2% 2,478 44.1% 998 5,621 R+5.9
Stevens 2,250 40.1% 2,526 45.0% 837 5,613 R+4.9
Yellow Medicine 2,174 39.1% 2,313 41.6% 1,076 5,563 R+2.5
Watonwan 2,019 38.5% 2,104 40.2% 1,116 5,239 R+1.6
Swift 2,294 43.9% 1,879 35.9% 1,056 5,229 D+7.9
Rock 1,750 35.8% 2,656 54.3% 489 4,895 R+18.5
Murray 1,866 38.9% 2,334 48.7% 596 4,796 R+9.8
Pipestone 1,681 35.5% 2,637 55.6% 421 4,739 R+20.2
Marshall 1,752 37.3% 2,322 49.4% 624 4,698 R+12.1
Clearwater 1,596 37.9% 2,109 50.1% 504 4,209 R+12.2
Lac Qui Parle 1,746 41.9% 1,611 38.6% 813 4,170 D+3.2
Grant 1,469 40.8% 1,483 41.2% 645 3,597 R+0.4
Norman 1,576 46.2% 1,334 39.1% 500 3,410 D+7.1
Wilkin 1,074 31.8% 1,814 53.7% 488 3,376 R+21.9
Cook 1,620 48.7% 1,207 36.3% 500 3,327 D+12.4
Lincoln 1,272 40.9% 1,464 47.1% 373 3,109 R+6.2
Big Stone 1,274 42.7% 1,211 40.6% 496 2,981 D+2.1
Kittson 1,168 45.8% 1,077 42.2% 308 2,553 D+3.6
Mahnomen 1,142 45.1% 858 33.9% 530 2,530 D+11.2
Lake of the Woods 770 34.0% 1,204 53.1% 292 2,266 R+19.2
Red Lake 834 38.6% 984 45.6% 340 2,158 R+7.0
Traverse 794 39.2% 837 41.3% 396 2,027 R+2.1

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