Norm Coleman
Electoral history

Norm Coleman

Section Title: Electoral history
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

DFL	Al Franken	1,212,629	41.991 %	5.35 %

Republican	Norm Coleman	1,212,317	41.984 %	7.55 %

Independence	Dean Barkley	437,505	15.153 %	+13.15 %

Libertarian	Charles Aldrich	13,923	0.482 %	n/a

Constitution	James Niemackl	8,907	0.308 %	+0.21 %

Write-ins	2,365	0.082 %

Margin of victory	312	0.007%

Turnout	2,887,337	100%	+28 %

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Franken won the race sweeping Coleman by 312 votes.

final_sentence: Franken won the race sweeping Coleman by 312 votes.