2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota
Results

2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Republican	Norm Coleman (incumbent)	1,211,590	41.988%	−7.541%

DFL	Al Franken	1,211,375	41.981%	−5.355%

Independence	Dean Barkley	437,404	15.19%	+13.16%

Libertarian	Charles Aldrich	13,916	0.48%	n/a

Constitution	James Niemackl	8,905	0.31%	+0.21%

Write-ins	2,365	0.08%

Plurality	215	0.007%

Turnout	2,885,555

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Franken trailed Coleman by 215 votes.

final_sentence: Franken trailed Coleman by 215 votes.