2008 United States Senate elections
Minnesota
Table:
2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election: Results certified January 5, 2009[76][77][78]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic (DFL)

Al Franken

1,212,431

41.991%

−5.35%

Republican

Norm Coleman (Incumbent)

1,212,206

41.984%

−7.55%

Independence

Dean Barkley

437,505

15.15%

+13.15%

Libertarian

Charles Aldrich

13,923

0.48%

n/a

Constitution

James Niemackl

8,907

0.31%

+0.21%

Write-ins

2,365

0.08%

Plurality

225

0.007%

Turnout

2,887,337 †

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